What does compulsory mean in English? Meaning of compulsory definition and abbreviation with examples.
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What is "compulsory" in English? Definition and Explanations
Meaning of "compulsory": required by rule
Adjective
Meaning: required by rule
Example: in most schools physical education is compulsory
attendance is mandatory
required reading
Synonyms: compulsory
mandatory
required
Similar: obligatory
Adjective: Required; obligatory; mandatory. 1827, A. D. Jr., Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, A. and C. Black, page 212: They are entirely private concerns, established by individual teachers, and attendance upon them is no more compulsory than attendance on our dispensaries. 1996, Ugo Pagano, Democracy and Efficiency in the Economic Enterprise, page 73: Some might agree that membership in the firm is perhaps more compulsory than membership in a municipality, but balk at applying the analogy to the nation. 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30: Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting. The ten-dollar fee was compulsory.1827, A. D. Jr., Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, A. and C. Black, page 212: They are entirely private concerns, established by individual teachers, and attendance upon them is no more compulsory than attendance on our dispensaries.1996, Ugo Pagano, Democracy and Efficiency in the Economic Enterprise, page 73: Some might agree that membership in the firm is perhaps more compulsory than membership in a municipality, but balk at applying the analogy to the nation.2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30: Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.Having the power of compulsion; constraining. Such compulsory measures are limited.
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