Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

second imperative

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables
sec-ond im-per-a-tive
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The future imperative mood (second- and third-person forms possible); indicating a command that is to be carried out both now and in future.

Uncountable

noun

A verb form in the second imperative.

Countable

Usage

Inflected Forms

second imperatives (plural)

Antonyms

first imperative

Questions

What does second imperative mean?
The future imperative mood (second- and third-person forms possible); indicating a command that is to be carried out both now and in future.

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