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mandatory   (TTS Sound)

The noun mandatory has 2 senses

• mandatary, mandatory -- (the recipient of a mandate)


• mandate, mandatory -- (a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves)

The adj mandatory has 1 sense

• compulsory, mandatory, required -- (required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading")