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compulsory
/kəmˈpʌlsɚi/
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What does compulsory mean?
adjective
- Required; obligatory; mandatory.
- Having the power of compulsion; constraining.
noun
- Something that is compulsory or required.
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IPA pronunciation
/kəmˈpʌlsɚi/
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In the event of resignation, compulsory retirement or death, the President shall be replaced for the remainder of his term of office.
The forgotten fact in this case is that efforts for universal and compulsory education cannot keep pace with the overproduction of children.
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The Amazon, though belonging to the Hymenopteron clan, herself possesses rather limited homing-faculties, as witness her compulsory return by her former trail.
For this purpose, a phonorecord is considered "distributed" if the person exercising the compulsory license has voluntarily and permanently parted with its possession.
In the olden times there were laws making compulsory the opening of the dead bodies of pregnant women shortly after death.