Imperative mood (original) (raw)

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I. (noun)

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Meaning:

A mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behaviorplay

Synonyms:

imperative; imperative form; imperative mood; jussive mood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("imperative mood" is a kind of...):

modality; mode; mood (verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker)

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