that must be done because of a law or a rule:
It is compulsory for all motorcyclists to wear helmets. * English is a compulsory subject at this level. * compulsory education / schooling * compulsory redundancies
OPPVOLUNTARY
compulsorily adverb:
Over 600 workers were made compulsorily redundant.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is compulsory a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, compulsory is tagged as adjective.
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