IMPERATIVENESS

imperativeness, instancy

(noun) the quality of being insistent; “he pressed his demand with considerable instancy”

imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure

(noun) the state of demanding notice or attention; “the insistence of their hunger”; “the press of business matters”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

imperativeness (uncountable)

The state or condition of being imperative.

Synonyms

• imperativity

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

12 June 2025

RAREFACTION

(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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