obligatory

CEFRB2

/əˈblɪɡ.ə.t(ə)ɹi/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Required by a rule, law, or strong expectation.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Requiring a matter or obligation.

Examples

  • If school wasn't obligatory, I would stop going there.

  • Presence of all members is obligatory.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Imposing obligation, legally, morally, or otherwise; binding; mandatory.

More examples

In context

  • an obligatory promise

  • [I]t was something that every schoolboy of my generation almost `had' to do, as obligatory a proof of impending manliness as scrumping apples or pulling girls' pigtails.

  • […] if he speak the words of an oath in a strange language, thinking they signify something else, or if he spake in his sleep, or deliration, or distraction, it is no oath, and so not obligatory.

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Wearing a seatbelt is blank in all vehicles by law in many states.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English obligatorie, from Latin obligatōrius.