obligatory

[US]/əˈblɪɡətri/
[UK]/əˈblɪɡətɔːri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. required, demanded, necessary

Phrases & Collocations

obligatory right

obligatory course

Example Sentences

Attendance is obligatory. Mathematics is an obligatory course.

It is obligatory on every citizen to safeguard our great motherland.

after the obligatory preamble on the weather he got down to business.

If this person performed Hajj at his brother's cost when he was a child, then he must perform the fard (obligatory) Hajj when he is able to do so.

The implementation of hypothecary guarantee obligatory right is the final link that can exercise the function of hypothecation and also is one of the cores content of the hypothecation system.

Moreover, they can be distinguished semantically as the obligatory semantic features of the dynamic adjective are "willed" and "internality", and the static adjective "unwilled" and "externality".

The counterplead right means that the right of, when the creditor exercises his obligatory right, the debtor according to legal reasons executing the petition right against the creditor.

Real-world Examples

Here it comes. The obligatory apology.

Source: The Good Wife Season 2

I would suggest writing in all caps, but it's not obligatory.

Source: IELTS Reading Preparation Guide

Civil servants' mobilization is obligatory; therefore it makes teachers' mobilization more reasonable.

Source: CRI Online April 2018 Collection

The pass will now be obligatory in restaurants, cafe, shopping centers and trains.

Source: BBC Listening Collection August 2021

It offers a hundred lounge chairs, sun shades and the obligatory lifeguard towers.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

His early work included the religious paintings that were obligatory for a budding artist.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Can you help me to understand the difference between " compulsory, " " mandatory" and " obligatory? "

Source: VOA Special September 2023 Collection

Matthew Reese plays award-winning journalist Lloyd Vogel who receives an obligatory assignment to cover Fred Rogers.

Source: VOA Standard English Entertainment

It applies mainly to pets with obligatory training courses for people who want to own dogs.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation March 2023

Poland says it is against assigning obligatory gas reduction targets to countries in the European Union.

Source: CRI Online July 2022 Collection

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