imperative

Also known as imperative verb, imper, imper., hortatory, immediate imperative mood, imperative sentence, imperative mood, Imp

grammatical mood that expresses a command or request

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An imperative is a grammatical form used to give commands or make requests, like when you say "Close the door" or "Please pass the salt." It matters because it's one of the main ways people communicate what they want others to do in everyday conversation.

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Commons category: Imperative mood
exact match: www.lexinfo.net/ontology/2.0/lexinfo#imperative
short name: IMP

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The imperative mood is a grammatical mood that forms a command or request.

The imperative mood is used to demand or require that an action be performed. It is usually found only in the present tense, second person. They are sometimes called directives, as they include a feature that encodes directive force, and another feature that encodes modality of unrealized interpretation.