mandatory

Meanings

• adjective

  Required or obligatory; not optional or voluntary.

  - "Employees are required to wear protective gear in the lab."
  - "It is mandatory for all students to attend school every day."

• noun

  A formal command or instruction.

  - "The sergeant gave a mandatory order to the soldiers."
  - "The judge handed down a mandatory sentence for the crime."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with mandatory
command , demand , demanded , planned

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Variants

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mandatorily , mandatory , mandatories

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'mandatum' meaning 'command, order'.

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Trivia

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1. In the United States, mandatory minimum sentences are laws that require a judge to sentence a defendant to a certain minimum term of imprisonment for a given crime.

2. In the context of education, mandatory courses are classes that all students are required to take as part of their degree program.

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Related Concepts

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1. obligatory: Related concept that shares the meaning of mandatory being required or obligatory.

2. compulsory: Related concept that shares the meaning of mandatory being forced or required.

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Quotes

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1. Parents object to the "mandatory" nature of the shots—and the fact that their child's access to education hinges on compliance with the immunization regulations.

   - Alice Park,{it}Time{/it},2 June 2008

2. In a move some are calling a "backdoor draft," the Pentagon has announced it will issue "mandatory" recalls to more than 5,600 Army troops for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan.

   - Nathaniel Frank,{it}Washington Post{/it},12 July 2004

3. At the same time, the 1987 repeal of the Fairness Doctrine, which ended "mandatory" balanced coverage of politics, gave birth to talk radio, and the television universe splintered between the old networks and the new culture of cable gladiators in which opinion was more entertaining than information and cheaper to produce as well.

   - Nancy Gibbs,{it}Time{/it},27 Sept. 2004

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Culture

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In literature, mandatory is often used to convey a sense of obligation or duty. For instance, in Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov feels a strong sense of mandatory guilt after committing a murder.

How to Memorize "mandatory"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a sign that says 'Mandatory' with a large red arrow pointing to it, indicating a required action.
   - Visualize a soldier giving a firm, stern order to his troops.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'mandatory' with the idea of a rule or law.
   - Think of a police officer giving a traffic ticket, stating 'It is mandatory for you to wear a seatbelt'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic phrase such as 'Mandatory means must act, always take action' to help remember the meaning of the word.

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