compulsory.
Required; obligatory; mandatory.
Meaning & usage
Required; obligatory; mandatory.
The ten-dollar fee was compulsory.
Having the power of compulsion; constraining.
Such compulsory measures are limited.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin compulsorius, from Latin compulsus. Displaced native Old English ġenīedelīċ.
Something that is compulsory or required.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin compulsorius, from Latin compulsus. Displaced native Old English ġenīedelīċ.
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