imperative
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
Types & categories
- modality hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
requiring attention or action
as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative
Related & opposite
- assertive also see
- pleading antonym
- press derivation
- adjuratory similar to
- crying similar to
- peremptory similar to
- desperate similar to
- pressing similar to
- shrill similar to
Sense 3 noun
some duty that is essential and urgent
Types & categories
- duty hypernym
Sense 4 adjective
relating to verbs in the imperative mood
Related & opposite
- grammar domain topic
- imperative pertains to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | modality |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | assertive |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | pleading |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | press |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | adjuratory |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | crying |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | peremptory |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | desperate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | pressing |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | shrill |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | duty |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | grammar |
| 4 | pertains to | Related & opposite | imperative |