mandatory
obligatory; required or commanded by authority.
Example
“Attendance at a school is usually mandatory for children.”
Other meanings
Of, being or relating to a mandate.
“Mandatory Palestine”
Synonyms
- compulsory
- required
Related words
- nonmandatory
- supermandatory
- mandatory detention
- mandatory reporter
- mandatory sentence
- mandatoriness
- mandatorily
- Mandatory Palestine
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "mandatorius" (of or belonging to a mandator).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “mandatory” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.