Associations to the word «Imperative»

Wiktionary

IMPERATIVE, adjective. Essential
IMPERATIVE, adjective. (grammar) of, or relating to the imperative mood
IMPERATIVE, adjective. (computing theory) Having a semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
IMPERATIVE, adjective. Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.
IMPERATIVE, noun. (uncountable) (grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
IMPERATIVE, noun. (countable) (grammar) A verb in imperative mood.
IMPERATIVE, noun. (countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
IMPERATIVE LANGUAGE, noun. (computing) Any programming language that consists (mostly) of a series of commands, typically assigning values to objects; a procedural language.
IMPERATIVE MOOD, noun. (grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive).
IMPERATIVE MOODS, noun. Plural of imperative mood
IMPERATIVE PROGRAMMING, noun. (programming) a programming paradigm that describes the computation in statements

Dictionary definition

IMPERATIVE, noun. A mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior.
IMPERATIVE, noun. Some duty that is essential and urgent.
IMPERATIVE, adjective. Requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative".
IMPERATIVE, adjective. Relating to verbs in the imperative mood.

Wise words

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.
Alfred Adler