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Definition of mandatory adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mandatory

adjective
 
 
/ˈmændətəri/,
 
/mænˈdeɪtəri/
 
/ˈmændətɔːri/
(formal)
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  1. required by law synonym compulsory
    • The offence carries a mandatory life sentence.
    • mandatory (for somebody) (to do something) It is mandatory for blood banks to test all donated blood for the virus.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMandatory is used with these nouns:
    • attendance
    • embargo
    • evacuation
    • …
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    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from late Latin mandatorius, from Latin mandatum ‘something commanded’.
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