mandatory
obligatory; required or commanded by authority.
Adjective 2 meanings
obligatory; required or commanded by authority.
“Attendance at a school is usually mandatory for children.”
Of, being or relating to a mandate.
“Mandatory Palestine”
Noun 1 meaning
A sign or line that require the path of the disc to be above, below or to one side of it.
Etymology
From Late Latin mandatorius (“of or belonging to a mandator”), from mandātor (“one who commands”), equivalent to mandate + -ory; see mandate.
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MANDATORY at a glance
MANDATORY has 9 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (M 3 + A 1 + N 1 + D 2 + A 1 + T 1 + O 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,712 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with mandatory
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- MANDATARY15
- MANDATORS12
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