Obligatory Meaning
/əˈblɪɡ.ə.t(ə)ɹi/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjImposing obligation, legally, morally, or otherwise; binding; mandatory.
adjRequiring a matter or obligation.
Sentence Examples
If school wasn't obligatory, I would stop going there.
Presence of all members is obligatory.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Wearing a seatbelt is ____ in all vehicles by law in many states.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Attendance at the monthly safety meeting is ____ for all employees, regardless of their position.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English obligatorie, from Latin obligatōrius.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…] 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."
— 1673, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory:
"[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."
— 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 12:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Wearing a seatbelt is ____ in all vehicles by law in many states.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Attendance at the monthly safety meeting is ____ for all employees, regardless of their position.