Compulsory Definition

kəm-pŭlsə-rē
compulsory
adjective
That must be done, undergone, etc.; obligatory; required.
Webster's New World
Compelling; coercive.
Webster's New World
Compelled, mandated, obligatory, or required, especially if by legal process or a statute.
Webster's New World Law
The definition of compulsory is something that is required, not optional.
An example of compulsory is a training course you have to attend.
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noun
An element, such as a dive or school figure, required of all competitors in an athletic competition.
American Heritage

Something that is compulsory or required.

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Other Word Forms of Compulsory

Noun

Singular:
compulsory
Plural:
compulsories

Origin of Compulsory

  • From Latin compulsorius

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Compulsory Sentence Examples

  • Much, however, is effected towards unification, by compulsory military service, it being the principle that no man shall serve within the military district to which he belongs.

  • Primary education is free and secular, and is compulsory for children of 6 to 14 years.

  • Military training is compulsory on all lads over ten attending government schools.

  • Primary instruction is free but not compulsory, and the schools are supported and supervised by the states.

  • There are 22 public elementary schools for boys and 18 for girls (education being compulsory and gratuitous), with about 20,000 pupils, and 56 private schools with 5700 pupils.

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