obligatory

English

Etymology

From Latin obligare obligate, from ob- to + ligare to bind, from Proto-Indo-European *leig- to bind.

Pronunciation

/α'bligətəri, -tri/,

Adjective

obligatory (comparative more obligatory, superlative most obligatory)

1. Imposing obligation, morally or legally; binding: an obligatory promise.
2. Requiring a matter or obligation.

Antonyms

• optional

Related terms

• obligate
• obligated
• obligation
• obligational
• obligato
• obligatorily
• oblige
• obligee
• obliger
• obliging
• obligingly
• obligingness
• obligor

Translations

binding

Dutch: verplicht (nl) Finnish: velvoittava (fi), sitova (fi) French: obligatoire (fr) m. and f. Greek: υποχρεωτικός (el) (ypochreotikós) m.

Italian: obbligatorio (it) m. Russian: обязательный (ru) (objazátel’nyj), непременный (ru) (nepreménnyj)

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Czech: povinný m. (mandatory), závazný m. (binding) Finnish: pakollinen (fi), välttämätön (fi) Italian: obbligatorio (it)

Norwegian: obligatorisk (no) Portuguese: obrigatório

External links

• obligatory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913