imperative (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def requiring attention or action
examples as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative
requests that grew more and more imperative
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Also see assertive, self-asserting, self-assertive
Derivationally related form imperative → imperativeness
Antonym imperative → beseeching
Similar to adjuratory; clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant; peremptory; desperate; pressing, urgent; strident, shrill
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Also see assertive, self-asserting, self-assertive
Similar to adjuratory; clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant; peremptory; desperate; pressing, urgent; strident, shrill
Antonym beseeching → imperative
Derived from adjective imperatively → imperative
Derivationally related form imperativeness → imperative

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