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mandatory
adjective as in required, necessary
Strongest matches
binding, compulsory, de rigueur, essential, forced, imperative, indispensable, involuntary, obligatory
Strong match
Weak matches
commanding, compelling, compulsatory, imperious, irremissible, needful
Example Sentences
Once mandatory restrictions had been imposed at the end of March that year, the report says "none of the four governments had a strategy for when or how they would exit the lockdown".
It said by the end of March 2020 a mandatory lockdown "had become unavoidable".
In at least one case, he signed a mandatory oath of loyalty to Hitler.
It is a step that would not become mandatory in that part of Australia until 2010, but the change in policies led to a drastic drop in volunteers.
At a time in England when longbow archery was mandatory for all adult men, longbows, various forms of shorter bows, arrows, and other archery-related equipment were the most common weapons aboard the Mary Rose.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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