imperative

1. Requiring attention or action (synset 300715884)
   "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"
   also: assertive, self-asserting, self-assertive - aggressively self-assured
   similar to:

   • adjuratory - containing a solemn charge or command
   • clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant - demanding attention
   • peremptory - not allowing contradiction or refusal
   • desperate - showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
   • pressing, urgent - compelling immediate action
   • shrill, strident - being sharply insistent on being heard
2. Relating to verbs in the imperative mood (synset 303105861)
   referred to in: grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)

1. A mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior (synset 113824518)
   is a type of: modality, mode, mood - verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
   same as: imperative form, imperative mood, jussive mood
2. Some duty that is essential and urgent (synset 101133651)
   is a type of: duty, obligation, responsibility - the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

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