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    im·per·a·tive
    [imˈperədiv]
    adjective
    imperative (adjective)
    1. of vital importance; crucial:
      "immediate action was imperative" · "it is imperative that standards be maintained"
    2. giving an authoritative command; peremptory:
      "the bell pealed again, a final imperative call"
      • grammar
        denoting the mood of a verb that expresses a command or exhortation, as in come here!.
    noun
    imperative (noun) · imperatives (plural noun) · the imperative (noun)
    1. an essential or urgent thing:
      "free movement of labor was an economic imperative"
      • a factor or influence making something necessary:
        "the change came about through a financial imperative"
    2. grammar
      a verb or phrase in the imperative mood.
      • (the imperative)
        the imperative mood.
    Origin
    late Middle English (as a grammatical term): from late Latin imperativus (literally ‘specially ordered’, translating Greek prostaktikē enklisis ‘imperative mood’), from imperare ‘to command’, from in- ‘towards’ + parare ‘make ready’.
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    adjective
    1. of vital importance; crucial:
      all-important
      vital
      crucial
      critical
      essential
      of the essence
      a matter of life and death
      necessary
      indispensable
      exigent
      pressing
      urgent
      required
      compulsory
      mandatory
      obligatory
      vitally important
      of vital importance
      of great consequence
      Opposite:
      unimportant
      optional
    2. giving an authoritative command; peremptory:
      peremptory
      commanding
      imperious
      authoritative
      masterful
      lordly
      magisterial
      autocratic
      dictatorial
      domineering
      overbearing
      assertive
      firm
      insistent
      bossy
      high-handed
      overweening
      Opposite:
      submissive
      noun
      1. an essential or urgent thing:
        precondition
        condition
        essential
        requirement
        requisite
        necessity
        proviso
        qualification
        basic
        rudiment
        obligation
        duty
        sine qua non
        necessary condition
        Opposite:
        nonessential
         

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