mandatory
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Late Latin mandatorius (“of or belonging to a mandator”), from mandator (“one who commands”); see mandate.
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
mandatory (comparative more mandatory, superlative most mandatory)
- Obligatory; required or commanded by authority.
- Attendance at a school is usually mandatory.
- 1999, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind, page 276
- This kind of immediate control structure we take to be characteristic of the tribe, and it leads to a rather rigid type of system in which 'every action not mandatory is forbidden'.
- Of, being or relating to a mandate.
- Mandatory Palestine
Synonyms [edit]
Antonyms [edit]
- (obligatory): optional
Derived terms [edit]
Noun [edit]
mandatory (plural mandatories)
Translations [edit]
obligatory
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External links [edit]
- mandatory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- mandatory in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- The Oxford English Dictionary
