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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
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. 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 compulsory [kəmˈpʌlsəri] adj [education, test, voting, retirement] → obligatoire compulsory purchase n → expropriation f 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 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 compulsory [kəmˈpʌls/ərɪ] adj → obbligatorio/a compulsory [kəmˈpʌls/ərɪ] adj → obbligatorio/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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