imperativeness
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imperativeness — index exigency, pressure Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
imperativeness — imperative ► ADJECTIVE 1) of vital importance. 2) giving an authoritative command. 3) Grammar denoting the mood of a verb that expresses a command or exhortation, as in come here! ► NOUN ▪ an essential or urgent thing. DERIVATIVES imperatively… … English terms dictionary
imperativeness — noun see imperative I … New Collegiate Dictionary
imperativeness — See imperatively. * * * … Universalium
imperativeness — n. state of being necessary, unavoidableness, state of being required … English contemporary dictionary
imperativeness — im·per·a·tive·ness … English syllables
imperativeness — noun 1. the state of demanding notice or attention the insistence of their hunger the press of business matters • Syn: ↑insistence, ↑insistency, ↑press, ↑pressure • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
command — vb Command, order, bid, enjoin, direct, instruct, charge mean to issue orders to someone to give, get, or do something. Command and order agree in stressing the idea of authority, command implying its more formal and official exercise {the… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
insistency — n. the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; insistence. Syn: imperativeness, insistence, press, pressure. [WordNet 1.5] 2. the quality of not being ignorable. Syn: imperativeness, insistence. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
summon — summon, summons, call, cite, convoke, convene, muster mean to demand the presence of persons or, by extension, things. Summon implies the exercise of authority or of power; it usually suggests a mandate, an imperative order or bidding, or urgency … New Dictionary of Synonyms
