Compulsory
[kəm'pʌls(ə)rɪ] or [kəm'pʌlsəri]
Definition
(adj.) required by rule; 'in most schools physical education is compulsory'; 'attendance is mandatory'; 'required reading' .
Editor: Percival--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having the power of compulsion; constraining.
(a.) Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Compelling, constraining, coercive.
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Examples
- I had heard that very voice ere this, and compulsory observation had forced on me a theory as to what it boded. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. Plato. The Republic.
- He entertained the notion of making the use of gas and coke compulsory, by levying a tax on all who obstinately refused to adopt what would be so much to their own advantage. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Yes, said Lydgate, in a tone of compulsory admission. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The year 1900 is to witness the compulsory adoption of automatic car couplings on all cars. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I long to have something absorbing and compulsory to fill my head and hands and to occupy my thoughts. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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