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imperative

/ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/

noun

(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.
"The verbs in sentences like "Do it!" and "Say what you like!" are in the imperative."
(grammar) A verb in imperative mood.
An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
"Visiting Berlin is an imperative."

adjective

Essential; crucial; extremely important.
"It is imperative that you come here right now."
(grammar) Of, or relating to the imperative mood.
Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.

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