English-Thai Dictionary

compulsory

ADJ ที่ จำเป็นต้อง ทำ  obligatory required ti-jum-pen-tong-tam

 

compulsory

ADJ ที่ บังคับ  ti-bang-kab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMPULSORY

a.Having the power or quality of compelling; applying force; driving by violence; constraining. In the correction of vicious propensities, it may be necessary to resort to compulsory measures.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMPULSORY

Com *pul "so *ry, a. Etym: [LL. compulsorius.]

 

1. Having the power of compulsion; constraining.

 

2. Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to complusion. This contribution therestening fall infinitely short of their hopes, they soon made it compulsory. Burke.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

compulsory

com pul so ry |kəmˈpəlsərē kəmˈpəlsəri | ▶adjective required by law or a rule; obligatory: compulsory military service | it was compulsory to attend Mass. • involving or exercising compulsion; coercive: the abuse of compulsory powers. DERIVATIVES com pul so ri ly |-sərəlē |adverb, com pul so ri ness noun ORIGIN early 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a legal mandate that had to be obeyed ): from medieval Latin compulsorius, from compuls- ‘driven, forced, ’ from the verb compellere (see compel ).

 

compulsory purchase

com |pul ¦sory pur |chase ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. the officially enforced purchase of privately owned land or property for public use: [ as modifier ] : the City Council has applied for a compulsory purchase order.

 

Oxford Dictionary

compulsory

com |pul ¦sory |kəmˈpʌls (ə )ri | ▶adjective required by law or a rule; obligatory: compulsory military service | it was compulsory to attend mass. • involving or exercising compulsion; coercive: the abuse of compulsory powers. DERIVATIVES compulsorily adverb, compulsoriness noun ORIGIN early 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a legal mandate which had to be obeyed ): from medieval Latin compulsorius, from compuls- ‘driven, forced ’, from the verb compellere (see compel ).

 

compulsory purchase

com |pul ¦sory pur |chase ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. the officially enforced purchase of privately owned land or property for public use: [ as modifier ] : the City Council has applied for a compulsory purchase order.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

compulsory

compulsory adjective the wearing of seat belts is compulsory: obligatory, mandatory, required, requisite, necessary, essential; imperative, unavoidable, enforced, demanded, prescribed. ANTONYMS optional.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

compulsory

compulsory adjective legislation which made the wearing of seat belts compulsory: obligatory, mandatory, required, requisite, necessary, essential, statutory, prescribed; imperative, enforced, demanded, binding, forced, unavoidable, inescapable, incumbent, enforceable; contractual, stipulated, set; French de rigueur. ANTONYMS optional, voluntary.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

compulsory

com pul so ry /kəmpʌ́ls (ə )ri /→compel 形容詞 比較なし 〈事 物が 〉 (法律 制度により )義務的な , 強制的な (obligatory )(↔voluntary ); 〈学校などの科目が 〉必修の (↔optional , elective )▸ Education to the age of 15 is compulsory in Japan .日本では15歳まで義務教育になっている 名詞 C (フィギュアスケート 体操などの )規定演技 .