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
We had arbitration of the uncompulsory sort before the critical days at the end of last August.
The Railroad Problem | Edward Hungerford
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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