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Compulsory
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Compulsory
/kəmˈpʌlsəri/
Something that must be done or is required by law or rules.
Synonyms:
mandatory
obligatory
required
imperative
binding
Antonyms:
optional
voluntary
elective
Examples:
Uniforms are
compulsory
at this school.
Voting is
compulsory
in some countries.
Etymology:
From late Middle English (in the sense
using force
): from medieval Latin compulsorius, from compuls- ‘driven, forced’, from the verb compellere.
Usage Statistics:
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