OBLIGATORY


Meaning of OBLIGATORY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈbli-gə-ˌtȯr-ē, ä- also ]

ˈä-bli-gə- adjective

Date: 15th century

1. : binding in law or conscience

2. : relating to or enforcing an obligation

a writ obligatory

3. : mandatory , required

obligatory military service

also : so commonplace as to be a convention, fashion, or cliché

the obligatory death scene in opera

4. : obligate 1

• oblig·a·to·ri·ly ə-ˌbli-gə-ˈtȯr-ə-lē, ä- also ˌä-bli-gə- adverb

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