mandatory
adjective
- cause by force of law, be obligatory
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈmæn.də.t(ə)ɹi/ / /mænˈdeɪ.tə.ɹi/ / /ˈmæn.dəˌt(ɔ)ɹi/
adj
Etymology: From Late Latin mandatorius (“of or belonging to a mandator”), from mandātor (“one who commands”), equivalent to mandate + -ory; see mandate.
- obligatory; required or commanded by authority.
“Attendance at a school is usually mandatory for children.”
“This kind of immediate control structure we take to be characteristic of the tribe, and it leads to a rather rigid type of system in which 'every action not mandatory is forbidden'.”
- Of, being or relating to a mandate.
“Mandatory Palestine”
noun
Etymology: From Late Latin mandatorius (“of or belonging to a mandator”), from mandātor (“one who commands”), equivalent to mandate + -ory; see mandate.
- A sign or line that require the path of the disc to be above, below or to one side of it.
- A person, organisation or state who receives a mandate; a mandatary.