Antonyms for imperatives

Grammar : Noun

Spell : im-per-uh-tiv

Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɛr ə tɪv

Definition of imperatives

Origin : 1520s, from Late Latin imperativus "pertaining to a command," from imperatus "commanded," past participle of imperare "to command, to requisition," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + parare "prepare" (see pare).

As in mandate : noun authority, order
As in must : noun necessity, essential
As in necessity : noun need, essentiality
As in prerequisite : noun condition, necessity
As in requirement/requisite : noun necessity, want
As in state : noun condition or mode of being
As in ethics : noun morality
As in requirement : noun necessity
As in rightfulness : noun ethics
As in rightness : noun ethics
As in command : noun directive, instruction
As in ethics/ethic : noun moral philosophy, values

Example sentences :

It is demonstrated that they are both the imperatives of old verbs.
Extract from : « Dissertation on the English Language » by Noah Webster, Jr.

In these imperatives of Mrs. March's there was always much of the conditional.
Extract from : « The March Family Trilogy, Complete » by William Dean Howells

All subsequent efforts fail if the border lacks in two imperatives, good drainage and a soil that is rich but not too rich.
Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick

Human nature does not like imperatives and writhes and wastes energy under them.
Extract from : « Health Through Will Power » by James J. Walsh

Tell the subjects of the imperatives and explain the forms and uses of the subjunctives.
Extract from : « An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises » by George Lyman Kittredge

The imperatives of thought are probably only another side of the imperatives of action.
Extract from : « The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life » by Emile Durkheim

He went ahead, the bride following next, and he kept giving a constant string of advices and imperatives.
Extract from : « IT and Other Stories » by Gouverneur Morris

The fakir howled out a sort of singsong dirge, which plainly had imperatives in every line of it.
Extract from : « Told in the East » by Talbot Mundy

Commands as to what to do are given every moment, only these imperatives are imperfectly obeyed and often changed.
Extract from : « Outlines of Educational Doctrine » by John Frederick Herbart

We affect a tremendous and cultivated shyness and delicacy about imperatives of the most arbitrary appearance.
Extract from : « The New Machiavelli » by Herbert George Wells

Synonyms for imperatives

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