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imp.

/ɪmp/

imp. is the abbreviation of imperative.

imp. is the abbreviation of imperfect.

imp. is the abbreviation of impersonal.

imp. is the abbreviation of imperial.

imp. is the abbreviation of important.

imp. is the abbreviation of imported.

Meaning of imperative

Adjective

imperative (comparative more imperative, superlative most imperative)

  1. Essential; crucial; extremely important.
    • That you come here right now is imperative.
  2. Of, or relating to the imperative mood.
  3. Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
    Antonyms:
    functional
  4. Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.
    • imperative orders

See all 7 meanings of imperative

Meaning of imperfect

Adjective

imperfect (comparative more imperfect, superlative most imperfect)

  1. Not perfect.
    • Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. Unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both.
    Antonyms:
    perfect
  3. Known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon.
  4. Representing a continuing or repeated action.
  5. (obsolete) Lacking some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.
    • When the prophet Joel was describing the formidable accidents in the day of the Lord's judgment, and the fearful sentence of an angry Judge, he was not able to express it, but stammered like a child, or an amazed, imperfect person.1653, “Twenty-five Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Winter Half-year, […]: Sermon III. [Doomsday Book; or, Christ’s Advent to Judgment.] Part III.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The...

See all 8 meanings of imperfect

Adjective

UK/ɛ̃p/

imp. (not comparable)

  1. Printed.

Noun (1)

UK/ɛ̃p/

imp. (plural imp.)

  1. Printer.

Noun (2) capitalized: Imp.

Imp.

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of import.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of importer.
  3. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of importation.

Synonyms of imp.

Forms of imp.

Adjective
comparativemore imp.
superlativemost imp.
Noun
pluralimp.
pluralimps.
pluralimpp.

Origin of imp.

Abbreviations.

Abbreviation of French imprimé (“printed”) and imprimeur (“printer”).

Words formed from imp.

Words that rhyme with imp.

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Questions about imp.

What does imp. mean?
Imp. means printed.
What is imp. the abbreviation of?
Imp. is the abbreviation of imperative.
What part of speech is imp.?
Imp. can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce imp.?
Imp. is pronounced /ɪmp/ (UK).

Words near imp. in the dictionary

  1. imoutos
  2. imoxiterol
  3. imp
  4. imp tree
  5. imp trees
  6. imp.
  7. imp. gal.
  8. impacability
  9. impacable
  10. impackment
  11. impact

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