obligatory
adj/əˈblɪɡ.ə.t(ə)ɹi/UK/əˈblɪɡ.ə.tɔ.ɹi/US/ˌɔ.blɪˌɡeʈᵊ.ri/
Etymology
From Middle English obligatorie, from Latin obligatōrius.
- derived from obligatōrius
- inherited from obligatorie
Definitions
Imposing obligation, legally, morally, or otherwise
Imposing obligation, legally, morally, or otherwise; binding; mandatory.
- an obligatory promise
- […] if he speak the words of an oath in a strange language, thinking they signify something else, or if he spake in his sleep, or deliration, or distraction, it is no oath, and so not obligatory.
- [I]t was something that every schoolboy of my generation almost `had' to do, as obligatory a proof of impending manliness as scrumping apples or pulling girls' pigtails.
Requiring a matter or obligation.
The neighborhood
- synonymbounden
- synonymmandatory
- synonymincumbent
- antonymoptional
- neighborobligate
- neighborobligated
- neighborobligation
- neighborobligational
- neighborobligato
- neighborobligatorily
- neighboroblige
- neighborobligee
- neighborobliger
- neighborobliging
- neighborobligingly
- neighborobligingness
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at obligatory. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at obligatory. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at obligatory
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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