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com·pul·so·ry    Audio Help   [kuhm-puhl-suh-ree] Pronunciation Key adjective, noun, plural -ries.
–adjective
1.required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory education.
2.using compulsion; compelling; constraining: compulsory measures to control rioting.
–noun
3.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.

[Origin: 1510–20; < ML compulsōrius, equiv. to L compul-, var. s. of compellere (see compel) + -sōrius, for -tōrius -tory1; cf. compulsive]

com·pul·so·ri·ly, adverb
com·pul·so·ri·ness, noun

1, 2. voluntary.
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com·pul·so·ry    Audio Help   (kəm-pŭl'sə-rē)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Obligatory; required: a compulsory examination.
  2. Employing or exerting compulsion; coercive.

n.   pl. com·pul·so·ries Sports
An element, such as a dive or school figure, required of all competitors in an athletic competition. Often used in the plural.

com·pul'so·ri·ly adv., com·pul'so·ri·ness n.
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compulsory

adjective
required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading" 

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comˈpulsory adjective
which must be done or carried out
Example: Is it compulsory for me to attend the class?; a compulsory examination
Arabic: إجْباري
Chinese (Simplified): 强迫的
Chinese (Traditional): 強迫的
Czech: povinný
Danish: tvungen; obligatorisk
Dutch: verplicht
Estonian: kohustuslik
Finnish: pakollinen
French: obligatoire
German: Zwangs…
Greek: υποχρεωτικός
Hungarian: kötelező
Icelandic: skyldu-
Indonesian: wajib
Italian: obbligatorio
Japanese: 義務的な
Korean: 의무적인
Latvian: piespiedu-; obligāts
Lithuanian: privalomas
Norwegian: obligatorisk, tvangs-, tvungen
Polish: przymusowy
Portuguese (Brazil): compulsório
Portuguese (Portugal): obrigatório
Romanian: obli­ga­toriu
Russian: обязательный
Slovak: povinný
Slovenian: obvezen
Spanish: obligatorio
Swedish: obligatorisk
Turkish: zorunlu
See also: compulsion

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Compulsory

Com*pul"so*ry\, a. [LL. compulsorius.]

1. Having the power of compulsion; constraining.

2. Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion.

This contribution threatening to fall infinitely short of their hopes, they soon made it compulsory. --Burke.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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