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compulsory

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com·pul·so·ry  (km-pls-r)
adj.
1. Obligatory; required: a compulsory examination.
2. Employing or exerting compulsion; coercive.
n. pl. com·pul·so·ries Sports
An element, such as a dive or school figure, required of all competitors in an athletic competition. Often used in the plural.

com·pulso·ri·ly adv.
com·pulso·ri·ness n.

compulsory [kəmˈpʌlsərɪ]
adj
1. required by regulations or laws; obligatory compulsory education
2. involving or employing compulsion; compelling; necessary; essential
compulsorily  adv
compulsoriness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.compulsory - required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading"
obligatory - morally or legally constraining or binding; "attendance is obligatory"; "an obligatory contribution"

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
Translations
compulsory [kəmˈpʌlsərɪ]
A. ADJobligatorio
B. CPD compulsory liquidation Nliquidación f obligatoria
compulsory purchase Nexpropiación f
compulsory purchase order Norden f de expropiación
compulsory redundancy Ndespido m forzoso

compulsory [kəmˈpʌlsəri] adj [education, test, voting, retirement] → obligatoire
compulsory purchase nexpropriation f

compulsory
adjobligatorisch; liquidation, measuresZwangs-; subject, memberPflicht-; that is compulsorydas ist Pflicht or obligatorisch; education is compulsoryes besteht (allgemeine) Schulpflicht; compulsory registrationMeldepflicht f; compulsory retirementZwangspensionierung f
pl the compulsories (Ice-Skating etc) → die Pflicht

compulsory:
compulsory purchase
nEnteignung f
compulsory purchase order
nEnteignungsbeschluss m; to put a compulsory on a placedie Enteignung eines Grundstückes verfügen
compulsory service
n (US) → Wehrpflicht f

compulsory [kəmˈpʌlsrɪ] adjobbligatorio/a
compulsory [kəmˈpʌlsrɪ] adjobbligatorio/a

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


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In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
Domestic instincts are sometimes spoken of as actions which have become inherited solely from long-continued and compulsory habit, but this, I think, is not true.
An English gentleman who had lived some years in this region, said it was the cradle of compulsory education.
 
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