imperative
adjective
[ ɪmˈpɛrətɪv ]
• of vital importance; crucial.
• "immediate action was imperative"
Similar:
vitally important,
of vital importance,
all-important,
vital,
crucial,
critical,
essential,
of the essence,
a matter of life and death,
of great consequence,
necessary,
indispensable,
exigent,
pressing,
urgent,
required,
compulsory,
mandatory,
obligatory,
• giving an authoritative command; peremptory.
• "the bell pealed again, a final imperative call"
Similar:
peremptory,
commanding,
imperious,
authoritative,
masterful,
lordly,
magisterial,
autocratic,
dictatorial,
domineering,
overbearing,
assertive,
firm,
insistent,
bossy,
high-handed,
overweening,
imperative
noun
• an essential or urgent thing.
• "free movement of labour was an economic imperative"
• a verb or phrase in the imperative mood.
Origin:
late Middle English (as a grammatical term): from late Latin imperativus (literally ‘specially ordered’, translating Greek prostatikē enklisis ‘imperative mood’), from imperare ‘to command’, from in- ‘towards’ + parare ‘make ready’.
