compulsory

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

Borrowed from Late Latin compulsorius, from Latin compulsus. Displaced native Old English ġenīedelīċ.

Compulsory education will also be introduced. — Sketches New and Old, Mark Twain
Where are your free and compulsory schools? — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
Afternoon attendance at the High School was not nominally compulsory. — The Luckiest Girl in the School, Angela Brazil

mandatory, required

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