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compulsory

[ kuhm-puhl-suh-ree ]

adjective

  1. required; mandatory; obligatory:

    compulsory education.

    Antonyms: voluntary

  2. using compulsion; compelling; constraining:

    compulsory measures to control rioting.

    Antonyms: voluntary



noun

, plural com·pul·so·ries.
  1. something, as an athletic feat, that must be performed or completed as part of a contest or competition:

    The ice skater received a higher score on the compulsories than on her freestyle performance.

compulsory

/ kəmˈpʌlsərɪ /

adjective

  1. required by regulations or laws; obligatory

    compulsory education

  2. involving or employing compulsion; compelling; necessary; essential


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Derived Forms

  • comˈpulsorily, adverb
  • comˈpulsoriness, noun

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Other Words From

  • com·pulso·ri·ly adverb
  • com·pulso·ri·ness noun
  • noncom·pulso·ri·ly adverb
  • noncom·pulso·ri·ly·ness noun
  • noncom·pulso·ry adjective
  • quasi-com·pulso·ri·ly adverb
  • quasi-com·pulso·ry adjective
  • uncom·pulso·ry adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of compulsory1

1510–20; < Medieval Latin compulsōrius, equivalent to Latin compul-, variant stem of compellere ( compel ) + -sōrius, for -tōrius -tory 1; compulsive

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Example Sentences

They had three years together before Ziad left to do his compulsory military service, leaving on her birthday, April 4, 2001.

It is compulsory to note in every Kansas story that “the race may decide who controls the Senate.”

The newest pro-gun propaganda: Make firearm education compulsory in schools and create gun-required zones.

Compulsory dues translate into many tens of millions of dollars in political contributions to Democrats.

At Nansen Elementary School, music has been removed from the curriculum and Arabic lessons made compulsory.

On nearly all railways retirement is optional at sixty and compulsory at sixty-five.

It was probably the first case in Philippine history of a person voluntarily seeking compulsory expulsion from the Islands.

By direction of the Ministry of Education, compulsory religious instruction is being introduced in the State schools.

It is more to count on the universal mind than to brave compulsory public decency.

The fact of compulsory education created a proletariat able and willing to read.

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