imperative

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
• Syn:
imperative mood, jussive mood, imperative form
• Hypernyms:
mood, mode, modality
2. some duty that is essential and urgent
• Hypernyms:
duty, responsibility, obligation

II - adjective

1. requiring attention or action (Freq. 2)
- as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative
- requests that grew more and more imperative
• Ant:
beseeching
• Similar to:
adjuratory, clamant, crying, exigent, insistent,
insistent, peremptory, desperate, pressing, urgent,
strident, shrill
• See Also:
assertive, self-asserting, self-assertive
• Derivationally related forms:
imperativeness
2. relating to verbs in the imperative mood
• Pertains to noun:
imperative mood
• Topics:
grammar

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  imperative mood, jussive mood, imperative form
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  beseeching, pleading, imploring