Usually means: Required by law or rule.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word Compulsory:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. compulsory: Merriam-Webster
  2. compulsory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. compulsory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. compulsory: Collins English Dictionary
  5. compulsory: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. compulsory: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. compulsory: Dictionary.com
  8. compulsory: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Compulsory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Compulsory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. compulsory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. compulsory: Rhymezone
  13. compulsory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. compulsory: FreeDictionary.org
  15. compulsory: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. compulsory: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. compulsory: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  18. compulsory: Wiktionary
  19. compulsory: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  20. compulsory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. compulsory: Vocabulary.com
  22. Compulsory, compulsory: Wordnik
  23. compulsory: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. compulsory: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. compulsory: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. compulsory: Legal dictionary
  6. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. compulsory: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See compulsorily as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (compulsory)

▸ adjective:  Required; obligatory; mandatory.
▸ adjective:  Having the power of compulsion; constraining.
▸ noun:  Something that is compulsory or required.

Similar:
mandatory, obligatory, required, mandated, obligative, obligate, obligable, dutybound, duty bound, requirable, more...

Opposite:
optional, voluntary, elective, discretionary, nonmandatory

Types:
military, civil, religious, educational, parental, marital, judicial, more...

Phrases:
compulsory education, compulsory arbitration, compulsory purchase, compulsory licensing, compulsory retirement, more...

Adjectives:
primary, elementary, military, such, religious, english, public, civil, hindi, physical, pilotage

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Similar:
mandatory, obligatory, required, mandated, obligative, obligate, obligable, dutybound, duty bound, requirable, more...

Opposite:
optional, voluntary, elective, discretionary, nonmandatory

Types:
military, civil, religious, educational, parental, marital, judicial, more...

Phrases:
compulsory education, compulsory arbitration, compulsory purchase, compulsory licensing, compulsory retirement, compulsory process, Compulsory license, compulsory acquisition, Compulsory voting, more...

Adjectives:
primary, elementary, military, such, religious, english, public, civil, hindi, physical, pilotage



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