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- pronunciation:
- k
 m
puhl
s
ri
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
required or obligatory.
Education is compulsory in this state up to the age of sixteen.Compulsory attendance for certain college activities was objectionable to some of the students.It is compulsory to have a building permit before beginning a construction project.- synonyms:
- binding, mandatory, obligatory, required
- antonyms:
- discretionary, optional
- similar words:
- involuntary, necessary, needful, requisite
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| definition 2: |
coercive or constraining.
- synonyms:
- coercive, constraining
- similar words:
- controlling, forcible
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| related words: |
compulsive, imperative, mandatory, unavoidable |
adverb + (adj.)compulsory
virtually
(adj.)compulsory
+ adverb
hereafter
(adj.)compulsory
+ noun
activity,
age,
arbitration,
army,
attendance,
chapel,
conscription,
contribution,
dispute,
draft,
education,
enrollment,
existence,
figure,
flag,
grade,
health,
inoculation,
insurance,
jurisdiction,
labor,
law,
leave,
license,
licensing,
membership,
militia,
obligation,
overtime,
participation,
patent,
personnel,
prayer,
pregnancy,
primary,
proposal,
religion,
relocation,
requirement,
resolution,
retirement,
routine,
school,
schooling,
self-incrimination,
service,
session,
settlement,
sterilization,
subject,
testing,
training,
tribunal,
unit,
vaccination,
voting
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| derivations: |
compulsorily (adv.), compulsoriness (n.) |
The word compulsory
contains the following parts:
com-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix com-
attaches to Latin bases beginning with m, p, or b. It has multiple forms, as the 'm' sound in com-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms col-, con-, cor-, and co-. Note: com-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " commemorate
" and " command
."
Example words:
accomplish, combat, combine, commerce, commercial, commingle, commission, commissioner, commit, comparison, complex, comport, comprehend, incomprehensible, command, commemorate, commute, compare, compel, complacent, complete, complement, complicate, compliment, compose, component, compound1, compulsory, compulsive, computer, compute
- synonyms:
- syn-
pel, puls
Latin
root
that means drive, push
Example words:
compel, compulsion, compulsive, compulsory, dispel, expel, expulsion, impel, interpellate, propel, repel, repulse
-ory, -atory2
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means serving to, pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -ory
, -atory2 attaches to Latin verb roots to form adjectives. Adjectives ending in "-atory
" tend to have corresponding verbs ending in "-ate" (congratulatory: congratulate).
Example words:
accusatory, advisory, aleatory, amatory, ambulatory, anticipatory, auditory, commendatory, compulsory, conciliatory, cursory, dextrorotatory, ejaculatory, exclamatory, exploratory, illusory, mandatory, obligatory, perfunctory, placatory, preparatory, refractory, respiratory, satisfactory, sensory, transitory
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