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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 |
Outgoing links | |
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 |
Incoming links | |
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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