different between imperative vs require

English

Alternative forms

• imp., imper. (abbreviation, grammar)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imper?t?vus.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?p??.?.t?v/

Adjective

imperative (comparative more imperative, superlative most imperative)

1. Essential; crucial; extremely important.
2. (grammar) Of, or relating to the imperative mood.
3. (computing theory) Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
   • Antonym: functional
4. Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.

   • The suits of kings are imperative.

Translations

Noun

imperative (countable and uncountable, plural imperatives)

1. (uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.

   Synonym: imperative mood

   Coordinate terms: assertoric, interrogative

2. (countable, grammar) A verb in imperative mood.
3. (countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.

Synonyms

• required

Derived terms

Translations

Italian

Adjective

imperative f pl

1. feminine plural of imperativo

Anagrams

• riempivate

Latin

Alternative forms

• inper?t?v?

Etymology

From imper?t?vus (“commanded”), from imper? (“command, order”), from im- (form of in) + par? (“prepare, arrange; intend”).

Adverb

imper?t?v? (not comparable)

1. In an imperative manner, imperatively.

Related terms

References

• imperative in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• imperative in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [impera?tive]

Noun

imperative n pl

1. indefinite plural of imperativ

English

Etymology

From Old French requerre (French: requérir), from Vulgar Latin *requærere, from Latin requ?r? (“I require, seek, ask for”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???kwa??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???kwa??/
• Rhymes: -a??(?)
• Hyphenation: re?quire

Verb

require (third-person singular simple present requires, present participle requiring, simple past and past participle required)

1. (obsolete) To ask (someone) for something; to request. [14^th-17^thc.]

   • I requyre yow lete vs be sworne to gyders that neuer none of vs shalle after this day haue adoo with other, and there with alle syre Tristram and sire Lamorak sware that neuer none of hem shold fyghte ageynst other nor for wele, nor for woo.

   • 1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Mark V:

     I requyre the in the name of god, that thou torment me nott.

2. To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively. [from 14^thc.]
   • 1998, Joan Wolf, The Gamble, Warner Books:

     "I am Miss Newbury," I announced, "and I require to be shown to my room immediately, if you please."

   • 2009, Vikram Dodd, The Guardian, 29 December:

     ‘Regrettably, I have concluded, after considering the matter over Christmas […], that I can no longer maintain the high standard of service I require of myself, meet the demands of office and cope with the pressures of public life, without my health deteriorating further.’

3. Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary. [from 15^thc.]
   • 1972, "Aid for Aching Heads", Time, 5 June:

     Chronic pain is occasionally a sign of a very serious problem, like brain tumors, and can require surgery.

   • 2009, Julian Borger, The Guardian, 7 February:

     A weapon small enough to put on a missile would require uranium enriched to more than 90% U-235.

4. To demand of (someone) to do something. [from 18^thc.]
   • 1970, "Compulsory Midi", Time, 29 June:

     After Aug 3 all salesgirls will be required to wear only one style of skirt while on duty: the midi.

   • 2007, Allegra Stratton, "Smith to ban non-EU unskilled immigrants from working in UK", The Guardian, 5 December:

     The government would like to require non-British fiances who wish to marry a British citizen to sit an English test.

Synonyms

• call for

Related terms

• requirement
• requisite
• request

Translations

Further reading

• require in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• require in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• require at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• querier

Interlingua

Verb

require

1. present of requirer
2. imperative of requirer

Latin

Verb

requ?re

1. second-person singular present active imperative of requ?r?