imperative

unerlässlich, zwingend

So wichtig, dass es unbedingt getan werden oder geschehen muss.

In einfachem Englisch: So important that it must be done or must happen.

• Quick action is imperative.
• It is imperative to protect the water supply.
• For their safety, it was imperative that they stay together.

So benutzt man es: it is imperative to do something (It is imperative to check the brakes.); it is imperative that… (It is imperative that everyone leave now.)

Synonyme: essential, vital, crucial

Gegenteile: optional

Häufige Wendungen: absolutely imperative, imperative to act

imperativisch

Die Verbform betreffend, mit der man jemanden auffordert, etwas zu tun.

In einfachem Englisch: Describing the form of a verb used to tell someone to do something.

• Use an imperative verb here.
• Imperative sentences often have no stated subject.
• The teacher explained the negative imperative form.

Häufige Wendungen: imperative mood, imperative verb, imperative sentence

befehlend, gebieterisch

Einen festen Befehl gebend, dem die andere Person gehorchen soll.

In einfachem Englisch: Giving a firm order that someone is expected to obey.

• His imperative tone made everyone listen.
• She spoke with an imperative voice.
• An imperative gesture sent the guards to the door.

Synonyme: commanding, authoritative

Häufige Wendungen: imperative tone, imperative command, imperative gesture

Notwendigkeit, Gebot

Etwas, das getan werden muss, weil es sehr wichtig ist.

In einfachem Englisch: Something that must be done because it is very important.

• Protecting children is a moral imperative.
• Cutting waste has become a business imperative.
• The government faces several competing economic imperatives.

Synonyme: necessity, requirement, must

Häufige Wendungen: moral imperative, economic imperative, business imperative

Imperativ, Befehlsform

Verbform, mit der man jemanden auffordert, etwas zu tun.

In einfachem Englisch: A verb form used to tell someone to do something.

• Write this verb in the imperative.
• The imperative can express a request as well as an order.
• We practiced negative imperatives in class.

So benutzt man es: in the imperative (The verb is in the imperative.)

Häufige Wendungen: the imperative, negative imperative