Synonyms for mandatory
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : man-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæn dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i |
Top 10 synonyms for mandatory
Définition of mandatory
Origin :- 1570s, "of the nature of a mandate," from Late Latin mandatorius "pertaining to a mandator," from Latin mandatus, past participle of mandare (see mandate (n.)). Sense of "obligatory because commanded" is from 1818.
- adj required, necessary
- Pentecost was one of the great feasts in Israel, and was of mandatory observance.
- Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
- Rock's advice carried a mandatory note which was not lost upon his auditor.
- Extract from : « El Diablo » by Brayton Norton
- But among the Hebrews the requirement was mandatory and imperative.
- Extract from : « The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, Vol. I (of II) » by Walter M. Chandler
- They asked that the mandatory should be England, but England had too much on her hands.
- Extract from : « The Problem of Foreign Policy » by Gilbert Murray
- March echoed, as people are apt to do with a question that is mandatory and offensive.
- Extract from : « The March Family Trilogy, Complete » by William Dean Howells
- German New Guinea (now a British mandatory) lies not far away.
- Extract from : « The Pacific Triangle » by Sydney Greenbie
- But in 1901 Minnesota enacted a state-wide, mandatory primary law.
- Extract from : « The Boss and the Machine » by Samuel P. Orth
- There is practically no limit to this form of mandatory boycott.
- Extract from : « The Armies of Labor » by Samuel P. Orth
- Again, the referendum may be mandatory or advisory in character.
- Extract from : « Government in the United States » by James Wilford Garner
- The Peace Conference seems to have given us a new word in "mandatory."
- Extract from : « The Opium Monopoly » by Ellen Newbold La Motte
Antonyms for mandatory
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