Compulsory

Word COMPULSORY
Character 10
Hyphenation com pul so ry
Pronunciations /kəmˈpʌlsəri/

Definitions and meanings of "Compulsory"

What do we mean by compulsory?

Obligatory; required. adjective

Employing or exerting compulsion; coercive. adjective

An element, such as a dive or school figure, required of all competitors in an athletic competition. noun

Exercising compulsion; tending to compel; compelling; constraining: as, compulsory authority; to take compulsory measures.

Obligatory; due to or arising from compulsion; enforced or enforceable; not left to choice.

Done under compulsion; resulting from compulsion.

That which has the power of compelling; constraining authority. noun

Having the power of compulsion; constraining. adjective

Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion. adjective

Required; obligatory; mandatory adjective

Having the power of compulsion; constraining adjective

Something that is compulsory or required. noun

Required by rule adjective

Something that is compulsory or required.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Compulsory

The word "compulsory" in example sentences

The term compulsory, if it has any meaning at all, means that the person has no choice about it. ❋ < (2010)

It recommends that governmental control over syllabuses be reduced and that the topics covered in compulsory mathematics education be made more rigorous, to encourage independent thinking and problem solving. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And no wonder, when you consider just what is involved in compulsory school mathematics. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So I was annoyed but not surprised to learn this week that: "State school pupils are set to be taught Islamic traditions and values in compulsory citizenship lessons." ❋ Not A Sheep (2008)

After all, Israel has a rare commodity: more or less its entire young female population spends some time in compulsory military service. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Taxes are immoral — and so is the idea of “national service” or “community service” or whatever they call the compulsory voluntarism flavor of the month. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Neodarwinism has a full protection racket – lawyers, tenured gatekeepers, journalists, and "expert witnesses" – who battle tirelessly to prevent criticisms of its Absolute Truth [TM] from being voiced in compulsory education settings or published in the scientific press. ❋ Unknown (2005)

She also proposed long-term compulsory enrolment to community-based treatment programmes after release from prison. ❋ Unknown (1996)

Government old age pensions should be retained as a non-contributory system but in the longer term compulsory provision should be introduced, the Smith Report on retirement provision in ❋ Unknown (1995)

However, History is never an optional subject for the French Canadian, or any part of it; it is compulsory from the first to the last year. ❋ Unknown (1949)

Unemployment has been completely eliminated in the face of widespread and growing unemployment all over the world; there is a terrific shortage of skilled labor; there is what we call a compulsory labor movement-what they call a volunteer labor movement in the mines, the oil wells and lumber camps, where convict labor is used. ❋ Unknown (1931)

They never tried our experiment in compulsory arbitration, and the like, but out of their labor world less than three million are unionized, yet those unionized people involving the most skilled trades, have exercised a quite extraordinary power in bringing about the conditions they sought. ❋ Unknown (1919)

He glanced round with a yawn as a young man in compulsory attendance on his mother and sister may be excused for doing, then, observing a young figure in the corner, began to take instant measures to discover whether there might not be something here to amuse himself with while the ladies were occupied with their dressmaker. ❋ Margaret (1891)

Paul Evans of the WJC exam board said when he referred to a compulsory question he was recording what was already public knowledge published online. ❋ John-Paul Ford Rojas (2011)

He also sticks to the principle of a long-term compulsory additional contribution, saying: ❋ Unknown (2010)

Making the labels compulsory on car adverts - and bringing the environmental information into the main body of the advert rather than tucking it away at the bottom - would influence consumer attitudes before they have hardened. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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