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obligatory en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑ.blɪ.ɡəˌtɔ.ɹi/ (US)
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• /əˈblɪɡ.ə.tɔ.ɹi/ (US)
• /əˈblɪɡ.ə.t(ə)ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ-der. Latin ligō Latin obligō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōrius Latin obligātōriusbor. Middle English obligatorie English obligatory From Middle English obligatorie, from Latin obligatōrius.

Meanings

1. Imposing obligation, legally, morally, or otherwise; binding; mandatory.
   • [I]t was something that every schoolboy of my generation almost `had' to do, as obligatory a proof of impending manliness as scrumping apples or pulling girls' pigtails. 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 12:
   • […] if he speak the words of an oath in a strange language, thinking they signify something else, or if he spake in his sleep, or deliration, or distraction, it is no oath, and so not obligatory. 1673, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory:
   • an obligatory promise
2. Requiring a matter or obligation.

Forms

Antonyms

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Deriveds

obligatorize · obligala · obligatorification · nonobligatory · disobligatory · obligatoriness · unobligatory

Relateds

obligate · obligation · obligated · oblige · obliger · obligee · obligor · obligingness · obligational · obligingly · obliging · obligatorily · obligato

Synonyms

bounden · incumbent · mandatory

Translations (41)

cs povinný (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · pl obowiązkowy (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · es obligatorio (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · ka ობლიგატური (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · ca obligatori (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · ka აუცილებელი (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · bn ফরজ (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · bg задължителен (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · pt obrigatório (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · nb forpliktende (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · yi אָבליגאַטאָריש (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · fr obligatoire (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · bn ওয়াজিব (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · ka იმპერატიული (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · sk povinný (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · hi अनिवार्य (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · nb bindende (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · de obligatorisch (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · hy պարտադիր (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · es obligativo (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · nb obligatorisk (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · nl verplicht (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · pl wiążący (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · sk záväzný (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · tr zorunlu (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · bn বাধ্যতামূলক (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · fi pakollinen (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · it obbligatorio (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · af verpligte (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · hu kötelező (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · ru обяза́тельный (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · az məcburi (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · ru непреме́нный (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · be абавязко́вы (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · af verpligtend (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · ka სავალდებულო (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · eo deviga (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · fi velvoittava (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · uk обов'язко́вий (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · fi sitova (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory) · el υποχρεωτικός (binding — see also mandatory, compulsory)