English Explanatory Dictionary

mandatory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. obligatory; required or commanded by authority.
  2. Of, being or relating to a mandate.
noun
  1. A sign or line that require the path of the disc to be above, below or to one side of it.
  2. A person, organisation or state who receives a mandate; a mandatary.

Pronunciation

/ˈmæn.də.t(ə)ɹi/ /mænˈdeɪ.tə.ɹi/ /ˈmæn.dəˌt(ɔ)ɹi/ /ˈmɛən.dəˌtɔɹ.i/ en-us-mandatory.ogg

Word forms

mandatory more mandatory most mandatory mandatories

Etymology

From Late Latin mandatorius (“of or belonging to a mandator”), from mandātor (“one who commands”), equivalent to mandate + -ory; see mandate.

Synonyms

compulsory obligatory binding compulsatory decretory forced imperative involuntary mandatory nonoptional required unbewised unvoluntary mando

Antonyms

optional elective discretionary facultative free noncompulsory nonmandatory nonobligate nonobligatory nonrequired nonrequisite optionary unrequired volitional voluntary

Related words

mandative

Derived words

mandatorily mandatoriness mandatory detention Mandatory Palestine mandatory reporter mandatory sentence nonmandatory supermandatory
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