obligatory
pronunciation
How to pronounce obligatory in British English:
UK [əˈblɪɡətri]
How to pronounce obligatory in American English:
US [əˈblɪɡətɔːri]
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- Adjective:
- morally or legally constraining or binding
- required by obligation or compulsion or convention
Word Origin
- obligatory (adj.)
- c. 1400, from Old French obligatoire "creating an obligation, obligatory," and directly from Late Latin obligatorius "binding," from obligat-, past participle stem of obligare (see oblige).
Example
- 1. Yet china made the system obligatory only in 1995 .
- 2. The system of obligatory residence permits was introduced in the 1950s to control internal migration .
- 3. But individually , we see the opportunity to mold the institution to fit our own values-even more now that it 's not obligatory .
- 4. Some muslim britons contract an islamic marriage ( but not acivil one ) and then fail to confer on the bride the marriage settlement that would be obligatory in say , pakistan .
- 5. In far-off brunei , by the south china sea , the sultan issued orders for the obligatory performance of special prayers for israel 's defeat .