imperative * , imper. (abbreviation)

History had been made, and there was an imperative to watch.

It was imperative to keep going, and if possible, to get out.

As a result, it is often imperative to work quickly.

That only makes what I have to say even more imperative.

First, however, there was other work more imperative at the moment.

It would be imperative to meet him and find out what he knew.

I need the rest and felt that it was imperative.

It was imperative that I hear your story first, before talking to the others.

It was imperative however, that they should start at once.

It is imperative that we do not let this happen.

This makes it even more imperative that action should be taken.

It is imperative that we make the most of this.

And it's imperative that you play it all above board.

"It is imperative that both these men get on the show."

"Then you'll also understand why it is imperative to tell the truth."

He saw that the rules of the service were imperative.

It was imperative that the man not turn or move his arms.

It is imperative that we put a stop to this way of thinking.

The longer I have spent in politics, the more imperative this has seemed to me.

But, you see, my friend, it is imperative that I should know everything.

It is imperative to spread the new programs out, he said.

This spring there is no imperative to find the new you.

So it is imperative to choose the right road here!

But it was also imperative to get his views after the fact.

It's imperative that we stop her from leaving the system.

The political imperatives at work are not difficult to understand.

But I want to make you understand the imperatives of the situation.

The next imperative was the hunt for water and food.

And when it did so, the imperatives came into play.

There needs to be a higher moral imperative than that.

But not every species need have the same imperatives as us.

Note that imperatives must have the same word order as yes/no questions.

But in short order I saw that these imperatives might conflict.

Over all, economic imperatives continue to drive Japanese foreign policy.

It did, however, have to bear in mind a few political imperatives.

He wrote that using "you" in imperatives is more common with people under 25.

This second market is driven by different economic imperatives than the first.

All the market and technological imperatives are toward more open systems.

It was one thing to follow one's own cultural imperatives.

This is also the case for the moral imperative of saving.

Peace is the only imperative in this entire nasty business.

Her voice was full of imperatives against which he had no defenses.

With that detail out of the way, it could turn to its other imperatives.

"But we think that the moral imperative is to balance the budget."

The movement was about simple moral imperatives, just like civil rights.

There will come a time when we shall be able to meet imperatives of this kind.

For John it was hard at that moment to remember the calm imperatives of economic law.

Performance and reward imperatives may be more or less related.

"Being his father's son, he'll understand the political imperatives behind the assignment."