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- [uh-blig-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, ob-li-guh-]
- /əˈblɪg əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈɒb lɪ gə-/
- /əˈblɪɡ.ə.tər.i/
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- [uh-blig-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, ob-li-guh-]
- /əˈblɪg əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈɒb lɪ gə-/
Definitions of obligatory word
- adjective obligatory required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory. 1
- adjective obligatory incumbent or compulsory (usually followed by on or upon): duties obligatory on all. 1
- adjective obligatory imposing moral or legal obligation; binding: an obligatory promise. 1
- adjective obligatory creating or recording an obligation, as a document. 1
- noun obligatory Required by a legal, moral, or other rule; compulsory. 1
- adjective obligatory compulsory, required 1
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Origin of obligatory
First appearance:
before 1425 One of the 25% oldest English words
1425-75; late Middle English < Late Latin obligātōrius binding, equivalent to Latin obligā(re) to bind (see obligate) + -tōrius -tory1
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Parts of speech for Obligatory
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obligatory popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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adjective obligatory
- compulsory — If something is compulsory, you must do it or accept it, because it is the law or because someone in a position of authority says you must.
- required — to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
- essential — Absolutely necessary; extremely important.
- de rigueur — If you say that a possession or habit is de rigueur, you mean that it is fashionable and therefore necessary for anyone who wants to avoid being considered unfashionable.
- requisite — required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable: the requisite skills of an engineer.
Antonyms for obligatory
adjective obligatory
- optional — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
- free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- unnecessary — not necessary or essential; needless; unessential.
- voluntary — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- nonessential — not essential; not necessary: Nonessential use of gasoline was forbidden during the war.
adverb obligatory
- by choice — willingly, of one's free will
- optionally — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
- voluntarily — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- with all one's heart — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- on one's own — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
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