compulsory

/kəmˈpʌlsəɹi/

adj 2noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

all, english, high, present, so-called, south, useless

VERB + COMPULSORY

giving, isn't, make, regards, voting

COMPULSORY + NOUN

algeria, attendance, cheerfulness, education, girls, members, membership, military

PREP.

in, in, on, than

ADV.

perhaps

Definitions

adj

Required; obligatory; mandatory.

The ten-dollar fee was compulsory.

They are entirely private concerns, established by individual teachers, and attendance upon them is no more compulsory than attendance on our dispensaries.

Having the power of compulsion; constraining.

Such compulsory measures are limited.

There will be financial and other incentives to encourage voluntary recruitment, but if that fails to find the numbers a compulsory nationwide call-up will be reconsidered.

noun

Something that is compulsory or required.

Delobel and Schoenfelder failed to win the free dance, but they had built a big lead in the compulsories and the original dance.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — required by rule

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The ten-dollar fee was compulsory.

Wiktionary

They are entirely private concerns, established by individual teachers, and attendance upon them is no more compulsory than attendance on our dispensaries.

Wiktionary

Some might agree that membership in the firm is perhaps more compulsory than membership in a municipality, but balk at applying the analogy to the nation.

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Delobel and Schoenfelder failed to win the free dance, but they had built a big lead in the compulsories and the original dance.

Wiktionary

The scholar regards so-called compulsory education as useless.

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Attendance is compulsory for all members.

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