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Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.
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50% interchangeable
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Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.
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50% interchangeable
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Narrower term 3
of Compress
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The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
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The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.
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Broader term 4
One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…
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That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
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A pustule; a pimple.
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of Push
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Derivationally related 2
An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…
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15% interchangeable
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An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…
oewn 2023
15% interchangeable
Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.
Synonym 3
An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…
oewn 2023
68% interchangeable
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
oewn 2023
68% interchangeable
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Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important.
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68% interchangeable
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