Complete Definition of "compulsory"

English

Etymology
From L. compulsorius

Pronunciation
enPR|k�m-pŭl's�-r�

Adjective
en-adj

  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.

  1. Having the power of compulsion; constraining

#:Such compulsory measures are limited.

Translations
trans-top|mandatory
Czech: povinný m
Finnish: t|fi|pakollinen
Hungarian: t|hu|kötelez�
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trans-top|constraining
Finnish: t|fi|pakottava, t|fi|pakko-
Hungarian: t|hu|kényszerít�
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ttbc|Arabic: �اجب حد�ث�
ttbc|Bulgarian: зад�лжи�елен
ttbc|Dutch: verplicht
ttbc|Estonian: kohustuslik
ttbc|French: obligatoire
ttbc|German: obligatorisch
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ttbc|Hebrew: ���� (khova) (1,2)
ttbc|Italian: obbligatorio
ttbc|Japanese: 強���
ttbc|Norwegian: obligatorisk
ttbc|Portuguese: obrigatório
ttbc|Spanish: obligatorio
ttbc|Swedish: obligatoriskt
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