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  • 21compulsory — adj. 1 required by law or a rule (it is compulsory to keep dogs on leads). 2 essential; necessary. Phrases and idioms: compulsory purchase the enforced purchase of land or property by a local authority etc., for public use. Derivatives:… …

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  • 22compulsory — adj. Compulsory is used with these nouns: ↑attendance, ↑conscription, ↑education, ↑insurance, ↑licence, ↑liquidation, ↑module, ↑purchase, ↑reading, ↑redundancy, ↑registration, ↑ …

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  • 23compulsory — n. compulsory for * * * [kəm pʌls(ə)rɪ] compulsoryfor …

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  • 24compulsory — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. obligatory, mandatory, required, requisite; see necessary 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [kum PUL suh ree] mandatory, required. The tests are compulsory; no one can skip them. SYN.: mandatory,… …

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  • 25compulsory — adjective the wearing of seat belts is compulsory Syn: obligatory, mandatory, required, requisite, necessary, essential; imperative, unavoidable, enforced, demanded, prescribed Ant: optional …

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  • 26compulsory — /kəmˈpʌlsəri / (say kuhm pulsuhree) adjective 1. using compulsion; compelling; constraining: compulsory measures. 2. compelled; forced; obligatory. –compulsorily, adverb –compulsoriness, noun …

  • 27Compulsory voting —   Compulsory voting, enforced.   Compulsory voting, not enforced.   Compulsory vo …

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  • 28Compulsory education — refers to a period of education that is required of all persons. Contents 1 History 1.1 Antiquity to Medieval Era 1.2 Early Modern Era 1.3 Modern Era …

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  • 29Compulsory purchase in England and Wales — Compulsory purchase is the power to acquire rights over an estate in land, or to buy that estate outright, regardless of the willingness or otherwise of its current owner, in return for recompense. In England and Wales Parliament has granted… …

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  • 30Compulsory dance — Compulsory dances, now called pattern dance in ice dancing, are a part of ice dancing and artistic roller skating in which all the couples perform the same standardized steps and holds to music of a specified tempo. One or more compulsory dances… …

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