compulsory

English

Etymology

From Latin compulsorius

Pronunciation

• enPR: kəm-pŭl'sə-rē

Adjective

compulsory (comparative more compulsory, superlative most compulsory)

1. Required; obligatory; mandatory

   The ten-dollar fee was compulsory.

   • 1827, A. D. Jr., Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, A. and C. Black, page 212:

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

   • 1996, Ugo Pagano, Democracy and Efficiency in the Economic Enterprise, page 73:

     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.

2. Having the power of compulsion; constraining

   Such compulsory measures are limited.

Synonyms

• mandatory

Antonyms

• (required): optional

Translations

mandatory

• Bulgarian: задължителен (bg) (zadǎlžitelen)
• Czech: povinný (cs) m
• Dutch: verplicht (nl)
• Esperanto: deviga (eo)
• Finnish: pakollinen (fi)
• French: obligatoire (fr)
• Georgian: აუცილებელი (ka) (auc’ilebeli), სავალდებულო (ka) (savaldebulo)
• German: obligatorisch (de), pflichtmäßig (de), gesetzlich (de), verpflichtend (de)

• Hebrew: חובה (he) (khova) f
• Hungarian: kötelező (hu)
• Italian: obbligatorio (it)
• Japanese: 義務的 (ja) (ぎむてき, gimuteki)
• Jèrriais: oblyigatouaithe
• Maori: mātua tutuki (mi)
• Russian: обязательный (ru) (objazátel’nyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: do-sheachanta (gd)
• Swedish: obligatorisk (sv)

constraining

• Bulgarian: принудителен (bg) (prinudítelen)
• Finnish: pakottava (fi), pakko (fi)-
• Georgian: ძალადობრივი (ka) (jaladobrivi)
• German: zwangsweise (de), verpflichtend (de)

• Hungarian: kényszerítő (hu)
• Italian: obbligatorio (it)
• Japanese: 強制的 (ja) (きょうせいてき, kyōseiteki)
• Russian: принудительный (ru) (prinudítel’nyj)

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• Arabic: واجب حدوثه
• Estonian: kohustuslik
• French: obligatoire

• Norwegian: obligatorisk
• Portuguese: obrigatório
• Spanish: obligatorio

Noun

compulsory (plural compulsories)

1. Something that is compulsory or required.
   • 2008 March 22, The Associated Press, “French Victory in Ice Dance”, New York Times:

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