imperative
The noun imperative stands for:
- Imperative (mode) , in grammar the form of command or request
- "Command" or "principle" in philosophy and sociology, for example:
The adjective imperative means "binding", "mandatory" or "instruction-like", for example:
- imperative mandate , in politics a mandate of representation that binds the representative to the mandate of the persons represented
- imperative urge to urinate , medical term for "compulsion to urinate "
- imperative programming , in computer science the sequence of instructions
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Wiktionary: imperative - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
