MEANING
Required by an authority, rule, or circumstance rather than left to choice.
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- compulsory attendance
- compulsory requirement
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Compulsory attendance brought the reluctant households to the hall.
She questioned the compulsory requirement before accepting the invitation.
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- compulsory
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: Requirement adjective; comparison normally not used. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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