1 something that delays or prevents: His criminal record could be an impediment to his finding employment.
az: maneə, əngəl
ru: препятствие
2 a small fault in a person's speech: A stammer is a speech impediment.
az: danışıq/nitq qüsuru
ru: дефект речи
English-Azerbaijani dictionary 1 (linguistics) used of verbs that are expressing a command: In the sentence 'Come here!', 'come' is an imperative (verb).
az: əmiranə; əmr forması
ru: повелительный (глагол)
2 absolutely necessary: It is imperative that we take immediate action to reduce pollution.
az: qəti; məcburi
ru: настоятельный
♦ noun
In the sentence 'Sit down!' the verb is in the imperative.
az: imperativ, əmr
ru: императив
English-Azerbaijani dictionary 1 having a fault: This coat is being sold at half-price because it is imperfect.
az: qüsurlu
ru: дефектный
2 (also noun) (linguistics) (a verb) of the tense expressing an action or state in the past which is not completed: The verb 'go' in 'I was going' is in the imperfect tense.
az: tamamlanmamış
ru: имперфект(ный)