compulsory
required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory education.
using compulsion; compelling; constraining: compulsory measures to control rioting.
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 of compulsory
1Opposites for compulsory
Other words from compulsory
- 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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How to use compulsory in a sentence
Respect for the principle of non-discrimination is more fundamental than ever since vaccination is not compulsory and access to the vaccine is not yet generalised.
Europe Is Considering COVID-19 Vaccine Passports. Should the Rest of the World Catch Up? | Aryn Baker | March 4, 2021 | TimeNot all national supermarket chains have responded to the increasing demand for compulsory hazard pay bonuses with store closures or political pressure.
As Cities Mandate Hazard Pay for Grocery Workers, Groceries Sue | Brendan Seibel | February 26, 2021 | EaterAbout 20% of the company’s 250 staffers were already remote before the coronavirus pandemic, but even when staffers who were previously in offices can safely return, attendance won’t be compulsory.
Publishers look to allay employee fears over a return to the office by offering additional flexibility | Jessica Davies | February 10, 2021 | DigidayThe compulsory spousal exchanges have created some of the tightest alliances ever recorded, currently totaling about 30,000 Amazonian souls.
Why a Universal Society Is Unattainable - Issue 95: Escape | Mark W. Moffett | January 14, 2021 | NautilusIn August, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison suggested on a radio show that he would make a vaccine compulsory for all Australians, though he later walked back the comments.
Will you need a COVID-19 vaccine to fly? One airline says yes | Grady McGregor | December 4, 2020 | Fortune
They had three years together before Ziad left to do his compulsory military service, leaving on her birthday, April 4, 2001.
A Sunni-Shia Love Story Imperiled by al Qaeda | Ruth Michaelson | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is compulsory to note in every Kansas story that “the race may decide who controls the Senate.”
A Loss by Pat Roberts in Kansas? Actually, Not So Bizarre | Jeff Greenfield | October 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 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.
Why Progressives Shouldn’t Support Public Workers Unions | Dmitri Mehlhorn | July 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt Nansen Elementary School, music has been removed from the curriculum and Arabic lessons made compulsory.
Inspectors Uncover UK Schools Pushing Radical Islamic Agendas | Nico Hines | June 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn nearly all railways retirement is optional at sixty and compulsory at sixty-five.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowIt was probably the first case in Philippine history of a person voluntarily seeking compulsory expulsion from the Islands.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanBy direction of the Ministry of Education, compulsory religious instruction is being introduced in the State schools.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanIt is more to count on the universal mind than to brave compulsory public decency.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile GautierThe fact of compulsory education created a proletariat able and willing to read.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile Gautier
British Dictionary definitions for compulsory
/ (kəmˈpʌlsərɪ) /
required by regulations or laws; obligatory: compulsory education
involving or employing compulsion; compelling; necessary; essential
Derived forms of compulsory
- compulsorily, adverb
- compulsoriness, noun
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