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- DictionaryIm·per·a·tive/imˈperədiv/
adjective
- 1. of vital importance; crucial: "immediate action was imperative"
- 2. giving an authoritative command; peremptory: "the bell pealed again, a final imperative call"
noun
- 1. an essential or urgent thing: "free movement of labor was an economic imperative"
- 2. a verb or phrase in the imperative mood.