Hyphenation of imperative

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word imperative? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

im-per-a-tive

Definitions of imperative:

1.	A mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
2.	Some duty that is essential and urgent
3.	Requiring attention or action As nuclear weapons proliferate
4.	Preventing war becomes imperative Requests that grew more and more imperative
5.	Relating to verbs in the imperative mood

Synonyms of imperative:

adj	imperative, adjuratory, clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant, desperate, pressing, urgent, peremptory, assertive
adj	mood, mode, modality
noun	imperative mood, jussive mood, mood, mode, modality
noun	duty, responsibility, obligation

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.