Phrase Hound found 15 phrases and 6 compound words that contain imperative. The most common are listed below. Open imperative in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 15
- imperative moodThe grammatical mood generally expressing a command, though also used to express a request or permission.
- Northwest Territorial ImperativeThe plan to establish a white ethnostate in the northwestern United States.
- moral imperativeA practice, policy, or state of affairs which is required and justified by the fact that it is morally right.
- categorical imperativeA fundamental ethical principle intended as a guide for determining whether any contemplated action is morally right, based on the concept that an action is good or bad in and of itself regardless of what the actor's aims or preferences …
- Northwest ImperativeEllipsis of Northwest Territorial Imperative.
- imperative mandatea political system where elected representatives are obligated to faithfully follow the instructions and orders of their constituents
- hypothetical imperativeA formula that tells one how to act in order to achieve a specific goal, without reflecting on the value of the goal itself. Such an imperative is conditional, i.e., it would only motivate one who already shares the end goal in question.
- imperative languageAny programming language that consists (mostly) of a series of commands, typically assigning values to objects; a procedural language.
- imperative languagesplural of imperative language: Any programming language that consists (mostly) of a series of commands, typically assigning values to objects; a procedural language.
- imperative programmingA programming paradigm that describes the computation in statements.
- compound imperativeTwo or more imperative clauses joined in a single sentence
- biological imperativeThe drive of living organisms to procreate.
- first imperativepresent imperative (second-person forms only); compare second imperative
- second imperativeThe future imperative mood (second- and third-person forms possible); indicating a command that is to be carried out both now and in future.
- imperative moodsplural of imperative mood: The grammatical mood generally expressing a command, though also used to express a request or permission.
Compound words 6
- nonimperativeNot imperative.
- whimperativeAn order or imperative phrased obliquely as a question, such as "would you mind closing the window?"
- imperativenessThe state or condition of being imperative.
- imperativistA proponent of imperativism.
- postimperativeFollowing a command
- unimperativeNot imperative