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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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