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imperative mood

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imperative mood
The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive).

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  • Imperative mood — The imperative mood is a grammatical mood that expresses direct commands or requests. It is also used to signal a prohibition, permission or any other kind of exhortation. Morphology The English imperative is formed simply by using the bare… …   Wikipedia

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  • Immediate imperative mood — A form of the imperative mood, found in some languages, the Immediate imperative mood indicates commands that should be implemented immediately. In these languages, the ordinary imperative mood does not have the same sense of immediacy, e.g. Pass …   Wikipedia

  • Imperative — can mean: *Imperative mood, a grammatical mood expressing commands, direct requests, and prohibitions *Imperative programming, a programming paradigm in computer science *Moral imperative, a philosophical concept relating to obligation …   Wikipedia

  • Imperative — Im*per a*tive, n. (Gram.) The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • imperative — 1> обязанность, долг Ex: moral imperative моральный долг 2> приказ, приказание; требование; императив Ex: the imperatives of our era веления времени 3> грам. повелительное наклонение 4> филос. императив Ex: categorical imperative категорический… …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

  • Imperative — Im*per a*tive, a. [L. imperativus, fr. imperare to command; pref. im in + parare to make ready, prepare: cf. F. imp[ e]ratif. See {Perade}, and cf. {Empire}.] 1. Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mood — mood1 /moohd/, n. 1. a state or quality of feeling at a particular time: What s the boss mood today? 2. a distinctive emotional quality or character: The mood of the music was almost funereal. 3. a prevailing emotional tone or general attitude:… …   Universalium