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imperative

In grammar, the mood of the verb in a sentence in which a command or request is given (‘Take a seat’; ‘Speak up!’).

An imperative sentence gives an instruction to be obeyed, and is often followed by an exclamation mark, as in ‘Stand! Now turn to the right.’ The subject word is not usually used in commands, but it can be: ‘You go away!’; ‘You send him to me now!’



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It became imperative to lance the flying whale, or be content to lose him.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Her eyes flashed as on the day before, and he saw again the imperative expression on her face.
Adventure by London, Jack View in context
And so, when Mister Haggin, or God, or call it what one will with the limitations of language, picked Jerry up with imperative abruptness, tucked him under his arm, and stepped into the whaleboat, whose black crew immediately bent to the oars, Jerry was instantly and nervously aware that the unusual had begun to happen.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
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