COMPULSORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does compulsory mean? 

• COMPULSORY (adjective)
  The adjective COMPULSORY has 1 sense:

1. required by rule

  Familiarity information: COMPULSORY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPULSORY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Required by rule

Synonyms:

compulsory; mandatory; required

Context example:

required reading

Similar:

obligatory (morally or legally constraining or binding)

 Context examples 

WPA2 protocol has been used for more than a decade, and has been compulsory for Wi-Fi since 2006.

(Digital security researchers publicly reveal vulnerability in WPA2 WiFi protocol, Wikinews)

A proposal for compulsory menu labelling was included in last year’s Childhood Obesity Plan and a public consultation closed last December, but no announcement on a final policy has been made so far.

(Menu labelling linked to less fat and salt in food, University of Cambridge)