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   o·blig·a·to·ry

   /əˈbliɡəˌtôrē/

   adjective

   • 1. required by a legal, moral, or other rule; compulsory: "use of seat belts in cars is now obligatory" Similar compulsorymandatoryprescribedrequireddemandedstatutoryenforcedbindingincumbentrequisitenecessaryimperativeunavoidableinescapableessentialOpposite voluntaryoptional
   • ▪ (of a ruling) having binding force: "a sovereign whose laws are obligatory"
   • ▪ so customary or routine as to be expected of everyone or on every occasion: "after the obligatory preamble on the weather he got down to business" Similar customarytraditionalusualaccustomedroutinefamiliarregularhabitualde rigueurliterary:wonted

   Word Origin late Middle English: from late Latin obligatorius, from Latin obligat- ‘obliged’, from the verb obligare (see oblige).

   Derivatives

   • 1. obligatorily adverb

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