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Imperatives

(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.

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noun
  1. 1

    (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.

    "The verbs in sentences like "Do it!" and "Say what you like!" are in the imperative."

  2. 2

    (grammar) A verb in imperative mood.

  3. 3

    An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.

    "Visiting Berlin is an imperative."

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