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compulsory

adj
/kəmˈpʌlsəɹi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin compulsorius, from Latin compulsus. Displaced native Old English ġenīedelīċ.

  1. derived from compulsus
  2. borrowed from compulsorius

Definitions

  1. Required

    Required; obligatory; mandatory.

    • The ten-dollar fee was compulsory.
    • They are entirely private concerns, established by individual teachers, and attendance upon them is no more compulsory than attendance on our dispensaries.
    • Some might agree that membership in the firm is perhaps more compulsory than membership in a municipality, but balk at applying the analogy to the nation.

  2. Having the power of compulsion

    Having the power of compulsion; constraining.

    • Such compulsory measures are limited.
    • There will be financial and other incentives to encourage voluntary recruitment, but if that fails to find the numbers a compulsory nationwide call-up will be reconsidered.

  3. Something that is compulsory or required.

    • Delobel and Schoenfelder failed to win the free dance, but they had built a big lead in the compulsories and the original dance.

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Derived

compulsorily, compulsoriness, compulsory acquisition, compulsory education, compulsory heterosexuality, compulsoryness, compulsory purchase, compulsory purchase order, non-compulsory, noncompulsory, semicompulsory, uncompulsory

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA