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 Definitions of compulsory  [əmˈpʌl sə ri]  

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Definition of 'compulsory' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) compulsory
required; mandatory; obligatory:
compulsory education.

2.  compulsory
using compulsion; compelling; constraining:
compulsory measures to control rioting.

3. (n.) compulsory
something, as an athletic maneuver, that must be executed as part of a contest or competition.

Etymology:  (1510–20; < ML)

Definition of 'compulsory' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) compulsory, mandatory, required
required by rule
"in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading"


Definition of 'compulsory' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) compulsory
indicates that a rule requires you to do sth
compulsory voting; It is compulsory to go to school until the age of 16.


Definition of 'compulsory' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) compulsory
having the power of compulsion; constraining

2. (adj) compulsory
obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion


Translation of 'compulsory' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: which must be done or carried out
Is it compulsory for me to attend the class?; a compulsory examination.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gedwonge, verpligtend Arabic flag Arabic: إجْباري Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: задължителен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: obrigatório Czech flag Czech: povinný German flag German: Zwangs...
Danish flag Danish: tvungen; obligatorisk Greek flag Greek: υποχρεωτικός Spanish flag Spanish: obligatorio
Estonian flag Estonian: kohustuslik Farsi flag Farsi: اجباری Finnish flag Finnish: pakollinen
French flag French: obligatoire Hebrew flag Hebrew: חוֹבָה Hindi flag Hindi: अनिवार्य
Croatian flag Croatian: prinudan, prisilan Hungarian flag Hungarian: kötelező Indonesian flag Indonesian: wajib
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skyldu- Italian flag Italian: obbligatorio Japanese flag Japanese: 義務的な
Korean flag Korean: 필수적인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: privalomas Latvian flag Latvian: piespiedu-; obligāts
Malay flag Malay: wajib Dutch flag Dutch: verplicht Norwegian flag Norwegian: obligatorisk, tvangs-, tv
Polish flag Polish: przymusowy Persian flag Persian: اجباری Pashto flag Pashto: اجباری
Portuguese flag Portuguese: obrigatório Romanian flag Romanian: obli­ga­toriu Russian flag Russian: обязательный
Slovak flag Slovak: povinný Slovenian flag Slovenian: obvezen Serbian flag Serbian: obavezan
Swedish flag Swedish: obligatorisk Thai flag Thai: ที่จำเป็นต้องทำ Turkish flag Turkish: zorunlu
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 強制的,義務的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: примусовий, обов'язковий Urdu flag Urdu: لازمی ضروری
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bắt buộc Chinese flag Chinese: 强迫的,义务的

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