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imperative mood en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. The grammatical mood generally expressing a command, though also used to express a request or permission.
   • According to the definition of the imperative, this mood can express nothing but a command. Yet verbs of imperative form may also express entreaty or permission, as may, indeed, the indicative and the generally so-called potential. 1879, Kentucky Public Documents:
   • Go to the gates of Bourdeaux, trumpeter: Summon their general unto the wall. 1591, Shakespeare, King Henry VI, part 1:

Forms

Relateds

grammatical mood

Synonyms

imperative · imperative mode

Translations (62)

eo imperativo (imperative mood) · la imperativus (imperative mood) · uk наказо́вий спо́сіб (imperative mood) · lv pavēles izteiksme (imperative mood) · ja 命令法 (imperative mood) · nl imperatief (imperative mood) · tr emir kipi (imperative mood) · et käskiv (imperative mood) · ang bebēodendlīċ ġemet (imperative mood) · it imperativo (imperative mood) · fr impératif (imperative mood) · grc προστακτική (imperative mood) · is boðháttur (imperative mood) · km អាណត្តិ (imperative mood) · hu felszólító mód (imperative mood) · fro imperatif (imperative mood) · hu imperativusz (imperative mood) · mk императив (imperative mood) · vi mệnh lệnh thức (imperative mood) · pl tryb rozkazujący (imperative mood) · cs rozkazovací způsob (imperative mood) · nl imperativus (imperative mood) · pl imperatiwus (imperative mood) · ro imperativ (imperative mood) · da bydeform (imperative mood) · fa امری (imperative mood) · lv pavēle (imperative mood) · sh ȉmperatīv (imperative mood) · gd modh àithneach (imperative mood) · sk imperatív (imperative mood) · cmn 祈使語氣 /祈使语气 (imperative mood) · pt imperativo (imperative mood) · bo སྐུལ་ཚིགས (imperative mood) · sl velelnik (imperative mood) · ru повели́тельное наклоне́ние (imperative mood) · ro mod imperativ (imperative mood) · mi tūhau (imperative mood) · is bh. (imperative mood) · be зага́дны лад (imperative mood) · es modo imperativo (imperative mood) · el προστακτική (imperative mood) · pl imperativus (imperative mood) · tl panaganong pautos (imperative mood) · sh и̏мператӣв (imperative mood) · pl rozkaźnik (imperative mood) · fi imperatiivi (imperative mood) · sq mënyra urdhërore (imperative mood) · sk rozkazovací spôsob (imperative mood) · de Befehlsform (imperative mood) · nl gebiedende wijs (imperative mood) · ko 명령법 (imperative mood) · fi käskytapa (imperative mood) · cs imperativ (imperative mood) · hy հրամայական եղանակ (imperative mood) · bg повели́телно наклоне́ние (imperative mood) · ru императи́в (imperative mood) · fo boðsháttur (imperative mood) · de Imperativ (imperative mood) · lt liepiamoji nuosaka (imperative mood) · ar أَمْر (imperative mood) · sv imperativ (imperative mood) · mk заповеден начин (imperative mood)