compulsory

com·pul·so·ry

 (kəm-pŭl′sə-rē)

adj.

1. Obligatory; required: a compulsory examination.

2. Employing or exerting compulsion; coercive.

n. often cumpulsories Sports

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

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com·pul′so·ri·ly adv.

com·pul′so·ri·ness n.

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compulsory

(kəmˈpʌlsərɪ)

adj

1. required by regulations or laws; obligatory: compulsory education.

2. involving or employing compulsion; compelling; necessary; essential

comˈpulsorily adv

comˈpulsoriness n

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com•pul•so•ry

(kəmˈpʌl sə ri)

adj., n., pl. -ries. adj.

1. required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory education.

2. using compulsion; compelling; constraining: compulsory measures to control rioting.

n.

3. something, as an athletic maneuver, that must be executed as part of a contest or competition.

[1510–20; < Medieval Latin]

com•pul′so•ri•ly, adv.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

compulsory - required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading" mandatory, required obligatory - morally or legally constraining or binding; "attendance is obligatory"; "an obligatory contribution"

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compulsory

adjective obligatory, forced, required, binding, mandatory, imperative, requisite, de rigueur (French) Many young men are trying to get away from compulsory military conscription.
voluntary, unnecessary, optional, discretionary, elective, non-obligatory, non-requisite

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compulsory

adjective

1. Imposed on one by authority, command, or convention:

imperative, mandatory, necessary, obligatory, required, requisite.

2. Done under force:

forced.

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Translations

إجْباريإِلْزامِيّ

povinný

tvungenobligatorisk

obligatorischpflichtmäßigverpflichtendzwangsweisegesetzlich

υποχρεωτικός

obligatorioforzoso

pakollinenpakottavapakko

obligatoirerequis

חובה

obvezan

kényszerítőkötelező

skyldu-

obbligatoriotassativoforzoso

強制的な

강제적인

verplicht

obligatorisktvangs-tvungen

przymusowy

obrigatório

обязательный

obvezen

tvingande

ที่บังคับ

zorunlu

bắt buộc

义务的强迫的必须做的

compulsory

[kəmˈpʌlsərɪ]

A. ADJ → obligatorio

B. CPD compulsory liquidation N → liquidación f obligatoria
compulsory purchase N → expropiación f
compulsory purchase order N → orden f de expropiación
compulsory redundancy N → despido m forzoso

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compulsory

[kəmˈpʌlsəri] adj [education, test, voting, retirement] → obligatoirecompulsory purchase n → expropriation f

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compulsory

adj → obligatorisch; liquidation, measures → Zwangs-; subject, member → Pflicht-; that is compulsory → das ist Pflicht or obligatorisch; education is compulsory → es besteht (allgemeine) Schulpflicht; compulsory registration → Meldepflicht f; compulsory retirement → Zwangspensionierung f

pl the compulsories (Ice-Skating etc) → die Pflicht

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compulsory

:

compulsory purchase

n → Enteignung f

compulsory purchase order

n → Enteignungsbeschluss m; to put a compulsory on a place → die Enteignung eines Grundstückes verfügen

compulsory service

n (US) → Wehrpflicht f

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compulsory

[kəmˈpʌls/ərɪ] adj → obbligatorio/a

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compulsion

(kəmˈpalʃən) noun

compelling or being compelled. You are under no compulsion to go. dwang, verpligting; kompulsie إكْراه، إجْبار، ضَغْط عَلى принуда obrigação nátlak der Zwang tvang υποχρέωσηobligación sund(us) اجبار؛ فشار pakko contrainte כפיה, כפייה विवशता prisila, prinuda kényszer paksaan nauðung, þvingun costrizione 強制 강제 prievarta piespiešana paksaan dwangtvang przymus اجبار، اړباسنه، اړيستنه obrigação constrângere принуждение nátlak pritisk prinuda tvång การบังคับ zorlama, baskı (被)強迫 примус, змушування مجبوری ، زبر دستی sự ép buộc 强迫

comˈpulsory adjective

which must be done or carried out. Is it compulsory for me to attend the class?; a compulsory examination. gedwonge, verpligtend إجْباري задължителен obrigatório povinný Zwangs... tvungen; obligatorisk υποχρεωτικόςobligatorio kohustuslik اجباری pakollinen obligatoireחובה अनिवार्य prinudan, prisilan kötelező wajib skyldu- obbligatorio 義務的な 필수적인 privalomas piespiedu-; obligāts wajib verplichtobligatorisk, tvangs-, tvungenprzymusowy اجباری obrigatório obli­ga­toriu обязательный povinný obvezen obavezan obligatorisk ที่จำเป็นต้องทำ zorunlu 強制的，義務的 примусовий, обов'язковий لازمی ضروری bắt buộc 强迫的，义务的

comˈpulsorily adverb

gedwonge, verpligtend بِصورَةٍ إجْبارِيَّه задължително obrigatoriamente povinně zwingend tvungent; obligatoriskt υποχρεωτικάobligatoriamente sunniviisil بطور اجباری pakollisesti obligatoirement בְּאוֹפֶן מְחָייֵב अनिवार्य रूप से prinudan, prisilan kötelezően secara wajib nauðsynlega obbligatoriamente いやおうなしに 의무적으로 būtinai, priverstinai piespiedu-; obligāti dengan wajib verplichtobligatorisk, tvungent przymusowo په اجبارى توګه obrigatoriamente (în mod) obligatoriu обязательно povinne obvezno prinudno obligatoriskt อย่างจำเป็นต้อง zorunlu olarak 強制地 примусово, обов'язково لادمی طور پر buộc lòng 强迫地

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compulsory

→ إِلْزامِيّ povinný tvungen obligatorisch υποχρεωτικός obligatorio pakollinen obligatoire obvezan obbligatorio 強制的な 강제적인 verplicht obligatorisk przymusowy obrigatório обязательный tvingande ที่บังคับ zorunlu bắt buộc 必须做的

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