Compulsory

Definition: Compulsory

Compulsory

Adjective

1. Required by rule; "in most schools physical education are compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading".

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Date "compulsory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Etymology: Compulsory \Com*pul"so*ry\, adjective. [from Late Latin expression compulsorius.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Compulsory

Authority

Adjective: at the head, dominant, paramount, supreme, predominant, preponderant, in the ascendant, influential; arbitrary; compulsory; : stringent.

Compulsion

Adjective: compelling; Verb: coercive, coactive; inexorable; compulsory, compulsatory; obligatory, stringent, peremptory.

Necessity

Compulsory; (compel); uncontrollable, inevitable, unavoidable, irresistible, irrevocable, inexorable; avoidless, resistless.

Restraint

Adjective: restrained, constrained; imprisoned;Verb: pent up; jammed in, wedged in; under lock and key, under restraint, under hatches; in swaddling clothes; on parole; in custody, doing time; (prisoner); cohibitive; coactive; (compulsory).

Crosswords: Compulsory

The Compulsory Wife (1937)

Compulsory Insurance (1912)

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Books

• Compulsory School Attendance and Child Labor (reference)

• Compulsory Schooling and Human Learning: The Moral Failure of Public Education in America and Japan (reference)

• Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling (reference)

• Education: Free & Compulsory (reference)

• Ferris Six: Forced Unionization and Compulsory Speech V. the United States Constitution (reference)

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[New Jersey - compulsory vaccination in Jersey City]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The king personally, takes care of the exacution [i.e. execution] of compulsory education / Ardeshir Mohassess. Credit: Library of Congress.

Manhattan Beach Coast Guard raining station. Boxing is compulsory in the four-week intensive course at Manhattan Beach Coast Guard training station. Lou Ambers, former world's lightweight contender, show a class of enrollees how to lead and block punches. Credit: Library of Congress.

May Day pledge--stop! compulsory arbitration : P.P.P. onward to Socialism. Credit: Library of Congress.

Help fight compulsory unionism -- the new slavery. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Amendment VI. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence. (reference)

Universal compulsory military service shall be abolished in Germany. (reference)

Elementary education shall be compulsory. (reference)

Compulsory school attendance laws and the great expenditures for education both demonstrate our recognition of the importance of education to our democratic society. (reference)

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Business

To date, 1,378 buildings have been designated under the Compulsory program. (references)

Deferred taxes are compulsory charges from a previous accounting period which are yet unpaid. (references)

Those not subject to compulsory social insurance must insure themselves on an individual basis. (references)

Children

Iraq

Education for boys is compulsory through the sixth grade. (references)

Vanuatu

Access to education is limited, and school attendance is not compulsory. (references)

Cyprus

In the Turkish Cypriot community, free education through the age of 15 is compulsory. (references)

Civil Liberties

Qatar

Islamic instruction is compulsory in public schools. (references)

Dominican Republic

Attendance at Catholic Mass is compulsory for members of the National Police. (references)

Malaysia

For Muslim children, religious education according to a government-approved curriculum is compulsory. (references)

Economic History

Singapore

Voting has been compulsory since 1959. (references)

Djibouti

Opening a local bank account is compulsory. (references)

Uae

Forced or compulsory labor is illegal and not practiced. (references)

Human Rights

Pakistan

Of these, 552 officers were discharged, 64 received compulsory retirement, and 83 were demoted or had their pay docked. (references)

Zimbabwe

In June 2000, the Government designated 841 farms for compulsory acquisition, giving those farm owners 1 month to appeal. (references)

Tanzania

Unpaid party officials served as 10-cell leaders with authority to resolve problems at the grassroots level and to report to authorities any suspicious behavior, event, or noncompliance with compulsory night patrol service in the neighborhood. (references)

Minorities

Czech Republic

Some Roma refuse to cooperate with compulsory vaccinations for children or are refused treatment by general practitioners who have full quotas of subsidized patients. (references)

Moldova

On August 7, the Minister of Education issued a decree that Russian would be a compulsory subject starting in the second grade (it previously had been compulsory starting in the fifth grade). (references)

Bulgaria

In the past, it was common for ethnic Turkish and Romani conscripts to be shunted into military construction battalions during compulsory military service, which raised serious concerns both of discrimination and forced labor. (references)

Political Economy

BRAZIL

Brazil does not have a history of issuing compulsory licenses. (references)

CZECH REPUBLIC

Union membership, compulsory under the Communist regime, has declined since 1990. (references)

ITALY

The law established compulsory cooling off periods and more severe sanctions for violations. (references)

Political Rights

Thailand

Voting is compulsory. (references)

Belgium

Voting in all elections is compulsory, and failure to vote is subject to a nominal fine. (references)

Nauru

Voting by secret ballot is compulsory for all citizens over the age of 20 for parliamentary elections. (references)

Trade

Israel

Nutritional labeling is compulsory on all packaged foods. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Labeling and marking requirements are compulsory for any products exported to Saudi Arabia. (references)

New Zealand

Adoption of these Standards is generally voluntary, but can be made compulsory through a statutory reference. (references)

Travel

Finland

Both languages are compulsory at school. (references)

Kuwait

Starting April 2000, the Ministry of Health began implementing compulsory medical insurance on all expatriates (with few exceptions) living in the country. (references)

Finland

Comprehensive school is a nine-year compulsory general schooling for all children aged 7-16. The municipalities pay teachers' salaries, books, health care, and school meals. (references)

Women

Tanzania

In some ethnic groups, FGM is compulsory, and in others, a woman who has not undergone the ritual may not be able to marry. (references)

India

In February 2000, CEDAW expressed concern that "India has not yet established a comprehensive and compulsory system of registration of births and marriages. (references)

Worker Rights

Antigua and Barbuda

The guidelines are not compulsory. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "compulsory": compulsory clause ♦ compulsory education ♦ compulsory excess ♦ compulsory exercises ♦ compulsory field ♦ compulsory insurance ♦ compulsory licence ♦ compulsory loan ♦ compulsory military service ♦ compulsory patient ♦ compulsory process ♦ compulsory purchase ♦ compulsory registration ♦ compulsory sale ♦ compulsory schemes ♦ compulsory school attendance ♦ compulsory schooling ♦ compulsory section ♦ compulsory service ♦ compulsory slaughter ♦ compulsory stop ♦ compulsory subject ♦ compulsory tariffs ♦ compulsory transfer ♦ compulsory vote. Additional references.

Beginning with "compulsory": compulsory-purchase.

Ending with "compulsory": post-compulsory.

Albanian

detyrueshëm. (various references)

Arabic 

‏قهري (coercive, compelling, forced), ‏قسري (coercive, forced, forcible), ‏إكراهي (forcible), ‏إلزامي (imperative, involuntary, mandatary), ‏إجباري (mandatary, mandatory, obligatory). (various references)

Bulgarian 

задължителен (forced, indispensable, mandatory, must, obligatory, required), принудителен (coercive, compulsive, forced, forcible, involuntary). (various references)

Chinese 

必修. (various references)

Czech

povinný (due, liable, obligatory), nucený (forcible, strained). (various references)

Danish

nødt. (various references)

Dutch

gedwongen (against one's will), dwingend (mandatory), bindend. (various references)

Esperanto

deviga. (various references)

Farsi 

قهری , اجباری (Compulsive, Mandatory). (various references)

Finnish

pakollinen (enforced, obligatory). (various references)

French

obligatoire (coercion, compelling). (various references)

Frisian

ferplichte. (various references)

German

obligatorisch (compulsorily, mandatory, necessary, obligatory, requisite). (various references)

Greek 

αναγκαστικόσ (compulsive). (various references)

Hebrew 

מעוש�" (affected, artificial, fictitious, forced), חיובי (affirmative, favourable, positive). (various references)

Hungarian

kötelezõ (binding, indispensable, mandatory, oblatory, obligatory). (various references)

Indonesian

mewajibkan (make something compulsory). (various references)

Italian

obbligatorio (binding, incumbent, mandatory, obligatory). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

義務的 (obligatory), 強制的 (forced), コンパクト銀河 (combination, combination play, combinator, compact galaxy, companion, Compaq, comparator, compass, compatibility, compatible, compulsory figure, computer, computer allergy, computer animation, computer art, computer geographics, computer graphics, computer mind, computer tomography, computer utility, computer virus, computer-vision, control panel, convenience, convenience foods, convenience store, corned beef, industrial campaign, industrial complex, industrial system, paid companion of a wealthy woman, plywood panel, to compare, women presenting products at consumer electronic or car shows), 否応無し , 否応なし . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぎむてき (obligatory), きょうせいてき (forced), いやおうなし, コンパルソリー . (various references)

Korean 

강� � (Coercive, Compelling, Compulsion, constraint, CONSTRAINTS, forced, forcible, Forcing, mandatory). (various references)

Manx

eginagh (compelling, compulsive; rapist, needy, obligatory). (various references)

Papiamen

obligatorio. (various references)

Pig Latin

ompulsorycay

Portuguese

compulsório (forced, mandatory), obrigatório (binding, bounden, enforceable, mandatory, must, obligatory, required). (various references)

Romanian

obligatoriu (binding, mandatory, obligatorily, obligatory), obligator (binding, obligated, obligatory). (various references)

Russian 

обязательный (binding, bound, mandatory, obligate, obligatory, obliging). (various references)

Scottish

carathaist (compulsory labour), bòrlanachd, mòrlanachd (compulsory labour for the proprietor). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

prinudan (coercive, compulsive, forced), obavezan (beholden, liable, mandatory, must, obligatory). (various references)

Spanish

obligatorio (binding, drafted, incumbent, mandatory, obligational, obligatory, required). (various references)

Swedish

obligatorisk (compulsary, mandatory, obligatory). (various references)

Turkish

zorunlu (bound, bound to, coercible, derigueur, enforced, essential, forced, forcedly, imperative, imperious, incumbent, indispensable, irremissible, mandatory, necessary, obligatory, obliged, requisite, unavoidable, urgent), zorlayıcı (coercive, compelling, compulsive, drastic, exigent, high pressure, insistent, stringent), mecburi (coercible, enforced, enforcedly, forced, forcedly, imperative, imperious, indispensable, obligatory). (various references)

Turkmen 

mejbury, hцkmany (necessity, obligatory). (various references)

Ukrainian

обов'язковий для всіх (banal), примусовий (base, coercive, compulsive, forced). (various references)

Vietnamese 

cưỡng bách giáo dục phổ cập yêu cầu mặc lễ phục, bắt buộc (binding, impellent, obligatory), ép buộc (coercive, coercively, compulsive, forced). (various references)

Welsh

gorfodol (obligatory). (various references)

necessaria, necessariae, necessarias, necessarii, necessariis, necessariora, necessarios, necessarium, necessarius. (various references)

Misspellings

"Compulsory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cmpulsory, compelsory, compuisory, compulsary, compulsery, compulsury, compusory, conmpulsory, conpulsory. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: porously, uroscopy.

-3 letters: colours, cormous, coypous, crumply, ormolus, pylorus.

-4 letters: clomps, clours, clumps, clumpy, clumsy, colors, colour, comous, comply, compos, corpus, coypou, coypus, croups, croupy, crumps, cymols, cymous, cyprus, locums, mucors, mucros, muscly, orlops, ormolu, poorly, porous, poyous, promos, rumply, scroop, sourly, sprucy.

-5 letters: clomp, clops, clour, cloys, clump, color, compo, comps, cools, cooly.

+2 letters: compulsorily.

+3 letters: microphyllous, promiscuously.

+4 letters: campylotropous, myrmecophilous.