obligatory

obligatory
I adjective binding, coactive, coercive, commanded, compelling, compulsatory, compulsive, compulsory, constrained, dictated, enforced, essential, exigent, forced, forcible, imperative, importunate, imposed, incumbent on, indispensable, inescapable, involuntary, leaving no choice, mandatory, necessary, necessitated, not to be avoided, not to be evaded, prerequisite, pressing, required, requisite, unavoidable, unforgoable, urgent, vital, with force of law, without appeal, without choice associated concepts: obligatory advance, obligatory payment, obligatory writing II index binding, choate lien, compelling, compulsory, conclusive (determinative), contractual, essential (required), imperative, indispensable, involuntary, mandatory, necessary (required), peremptory (imperative), positive (prescribed), prescriptive, requisite, strict, unavoidable (inevitable)

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  • obligatory — o‧blig‧a‧to‧ry [əˈblɪgətri ǁ tɔːri] adjective formal LAW something that is obligatory must be done because of a law, rule etc; = COMPULSORY; MANDATORY: • The Housing and Town Planning Act made it obligatory for local authorities to prepare… …   Financial and business terms

  • Obligatory — Ob li*ga*to*ry, a. [L. obligatorius: cf. F. obligatoire.] Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; often followed by on or upon; as, obedience is obligatory on a soldier. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • obligatory — (adj.) c.1400, from O.Fr. obligatoire and directly from L.L. obligatorius binding, from obligat , pp. stem of obligare (see OBLIGE (Cf. oblige)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • obligatory — [adj] essential, required binding, coercive, compulsatory, compulsory, de rigueur, enforced, imperative, imperious, mandatory, necessary, requisite, unavoidable; concept 546 Ant. nonessential, optional, unrequired, voluntary …   New thesaurus

  • obligatory — ► ADJECTIVE 1) required by a legal or other rule; compulsory. 2) (of a ruling) having binding force. DERIVATIVES obligatorily adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • obligatory — [ə blig′ə tôr΄ē, äb′lə gətôr΄ē] adj. [LL obligatorius] 1. legally or morally binding; constituting, or having the nature of, an obligation; required 2. Biol. OBLIGATE obligatorily adv …   English World dictionary

  • obligatory — adj. 1) obligatory for 2) (formal) obligatory on, upon (doing one s duty is obligatory on a soldier) * * * [əb lɪgət(ə)rɪ] upon (doing one s duty is obligatory on a soldier) (formal) obligatory on obligatory for …   Combinatory dictionary

  • obligatory — [[t]əblɪ̱gətri, AM tɔːri[/t]] 1) ADJ If something is obligatory, you must do it because of a rule or a law. Most women will be offered an ultrasound scan during pregnancy, although it s not obligatory... These rates do not include the charge for… …   English dictionary

  • obligatory — ob|lig|a|to|ry [əˈblıgətəri US to:ri] adj 1.) formal something that is obligatory must be done because of a law, rule etc = ↑compulsory, mandatory ↑mandatory it is obligatory for sb (to do sth) ▪ It is obligatory for companies to provide details… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • obligatory — /əˈblɪgətəri/ (say uh bliguhtuhree), / tri/ (say tree) adjective 1. required as a matter of obligation: a reply is expected but not obligatory. 2. imposing obligation, morally or legally; binding: an obligatory promise. –phrase 3. obligatory on… …  

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