9 definitions found for Compulsory

Compulsory COMPULSORY, a. Having the power or quality of compelling; applying force; driving by violence; constraining.
In the correction of vicious propensities, it may be necessary to resort to compulsory measures.

compulsory adj 1: required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading" [syn: compulsory, mandatory, required]

compulsory adjective Date: 1581 1. mandatory, enforced <compulsory retirement> 2. coercive, compelling <compulsory measures> • compulsorily adverb

compulsory
adj.
1 required by law or a rule (it is compulsory to keep dogs on leads).
2 essential; necessary.
Phrases and idioms:
compulsory purchase the enforced purchase of land or property by a local authority etc., for public use.
Derivatives:
compulsorily adv. compulsoriness n.
Etymology: med.L compulsorius (as compel)

compulsory If something is compulsory, you must do it or accept it, because it is the law or because someone in a position of authority says you must. In East Germany learning Russian was compulsory... Many young men are trying to get away from compulsory military conscription. = mandatory ADJ • compulsorily Five of the company's senior managers have been made compulsorily redundant. ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj

compulsory kəmˈpʌlsərɪ adj. 1 required by law or a rule (it is compulsory to keep dogs on leads). 2 essential; necessary. øcompulsory purchase the enforced purchase of land or property by a local authority etc., for public use. øøcompulsorily adv. compulsoriness n. [med.L compulsorius (as compel)]

Compulsory Com*pul"so*ry, a. [LL. compulsorius.] 1. Having the power of compulsion; constraining. 2. Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion. This contribution threatening to fall infinitely short of their hopes, they soon made it compulsory. --Burke.

compulsory a. 1. Compelling, constraining, coercive. 2. Binding, obligatory, enforced, necessary, unavoidable, not to be evaded.

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