In emergency medicine, rapid triage is imperative to ensure that the most critical patients receive care first.
在急诊医学中，快速分诊至关重要，以确保最危重的病人优先得到救治。
Which choice best defines “imperative”?
A — Absolutely necessary, order. “imperative” means absolutely necessary, order.
Which word means “absolutely necessary, order”?
B — imperative. “imperative” means absolutely necessary, order.
imperative — absolutely necessary, order. In Chinese: 必要的，命令.
imperative is pronounced /ɪmˈperətɪv/.
In emergency medicine, rapid triage is imperative to ensure that the most critical patients receive care first. (在急诊医学中，快速分诊至关重要，以确保最危重的病人优先得到救治。)
essential, crucial, mandatory — all close in meaning to imperative (absolutely necessary, order).
optional, unnecessary — each the opposite of imperative (absolutely necessary, order).
Yes. imperative is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
imper(command)+ative(adj).