mandatory

Meaning

Adj

1. obligatory; required or commanded by authority.
2. Of, being or relating to a mandate.

Noun

1. A sign or line that require the path of the disc to be above, below or to one side of it.
2. (dated, rare) A person, organisation or state who receives a mandate; a mandatary.

Opposite of

optional, elective, compulsory, mandatory, obligate, obligatory, required, requisite

Synonyms

compulsory

obligatory

required

mandatary

forced

mandate

peremptory

imperative

binding

necessary

preceptive

requisite

stipulatory

substitute

agent

vital

authoritative

deputy

directive

enforced

essential

indispensable

involuntary

mandated

Translations

obligatoire

obligatorio

obbligatorio

obrigatório

obligatorisch

verplicht

requis

zorunlu

nécessaire

necesario

nodig

compulsório

επιτακτικός

إجباري

προστακτικός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmæn.də.t(ə)ɹi/

Etymology

From Late Latin mandatorius (“of or belonging to a mandator”), from mandātor (“one who commands”), equivalent to mandate + -ory; see mandate.