亚洲网紅露点

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mandatory

[ man-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

  1. authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory:

    It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing a command.
  3. Law. permitting no option; not to be disregarded or modified:

    a mandatory clause.

  4. having received a mandate, as a nation.


noun

plural mandatories.

mandatory

/ 藞m忙nd蓹t蓹r瑟; -tr瑟 /

adjective

  1. having the nature or powers of a mandate
  2. obligatory; compulsory
  3. (of a state) having received a mandate over some territory
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. Also calledmandatary a person or state holding a mandate
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞尘补苍诲补迟辞谤颈濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘补苍顎僤补路迟辞顎卹颈路濒测 adverb
  • 苍辞苍路尘补苍顎僤补路迟辞顎卹测 adjective noun plural nonmandatories
  • 耻苍路尘补苍顎僤补路迟辞顎卹测 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of mandatory1

From the Late Latin word 尘补苍诲腻迟艒谤颈耻蝉, dating back to 1655鈥65. See mandate, -tory 1
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鈥淭he overtime was a mixture of mandatory overtime ... and voluntary in order to do my part in assuring that resources stayed open to serve the city,鈥 he said in an email.

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In evidence to the inquiry, a government minister said there were no plans to make cash acceptance mandatory.

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He called for a change in the law to allow for mandatory paternity testing before a birth is registered.

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There will also be restrictions on foreign offenders living in the community, including mandatory electronic tags, strict night-time curfews and enforced exclusion zones.

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Stephen Shortell, a professor emeritus of health policy and management at UC Berkeley, said 鈥渟ome of that increase might occur, but at some point, it might need to be made mandatory.鈥

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