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[ uh-blig-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, ob-li-guh- ] / əˈblɪg əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈɒb lɪ gə- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR obligatory ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiverequired as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory. incumbent or compulsory (usually followed by on or upon): duties obligatory on all. imposing moral or legal obligation; binding: an obligatory promise. creating or recording an obligation, as a document. Origin of obligatory1425–75; late Middle English <Late Latin obligātōrius binding, equivalent to Latin obligā(re) to bind (see obligate) + -tōrius-tory1 SYNONYMS FOR obligatorySEE SYNONYMS FOR obligatory ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR obligatorySEE ANTONYMS FOR obligatory ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM obligatoryob·lig·a·to·ri·ly [uh-blig-uh-tawr-uh-lee, ‐tohr‐, ob-li-guh‐, uh-blig-uh-tawr-uh-lee, ‐tohr‐, ob-li-guh‐], /əˈblɪg əˌtɔr ə li, ‐ˌtoʊr‐, ˈɒb lɪ gə‐, əˌblɪg əˈtɔr ə li, ‐ˈtoʊr‐, ˌɒb lɪ gə‐/, adverbob·lig·a·to·ri·ness, nounnon·ob·lig·a·to·ri·ly, adverbnon·ob·lig·a·to·ry, adjective un·o·blig·a·to·ry, adjective Words nearby obligatoryobligation, obligational, obligational authority, obligative, obligato, obligatory, oblige, obligee, obligement, obliging, obligor Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for obligatoryThere was also the obligatory shopping spree at the F.A.O. Schwarz toy store across from Central Park. Exclusive: Michael Jackson Hit With New Sex Abuse Claim|Diane Dimond|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Yes, they showed up, wore their “Team Mitch” shirts, and joined in the obligatory anti-Obama chants. McConnell's Fancy Farm Monster Comes Back to Haunt Him|Jonathan Miller|August 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST I actually quit prefacing my Ralph Nader screeds with the obligatory he-gave-us-the-seatbelt boilerplate years ago. Ralph Nader Has Truly Lost It|Michael Tomasky|July 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST Lean In, by Sheryl Sandberg (Knopf) Obligatory ‘Power’ SubtitleWomen, Work, and the Will to Lead. Five Girl-Power Books Exactly Like Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Lean In’|Sean Macaulay|March 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And he took the obligatory shot at Obamacare as a law that “has no place in a free country.” Paul Ryan’s Wonky Assault on President Obama at the Republican Convention|Howard Kurtz|August 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST At four o'clock we left and drove about Schwerin, making the obligatory visits. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912|Lillie DeHegermann-Lindencrone Disaffection was visible on all sides, and yet inaction, irritating inaction, was obligatory. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6)|Louis Creswicke It is obligatory upon the adversary or umpire to call “time!” Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopdia of Sports and Amusements|Various Commands enjoining Covenanting must be obligatory on men, in an individual, or in a social capacity, or in both. The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham This is, in the exact sense of the words, a scène à faire--an obligatory scene. Play-Making|William Archer
British Dictionary definitions for obligatory
adjectiverequired to be done, obtained, possessed, etc of the nature of or constituting an obligation Derived forms of obligatoryobligatorily, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to obligatorymandatory, unavoidable, imperative, de rigueur, requisite, compulsory, binding, enforced, imperious, necessary, coercive |