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- Dictionaryimperative/ɪmˈpɛrətɪv/
adjective
- 1. of vital importance; crucial: "immediate action was imperative" Similar Opposite
- 2. giving an authoritative command; peremptory: "the bell pealed again, a final imperative call" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. an essential or urgent thing: "free movement of labour was an economic imperative"
- 2. a verb or phrase in the imperative mood.
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