obligatory

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective morally or legally constraining or binding
  2. adjective required by obligation or compulsion or convention

Etymology

From Middle English obligatorie, from Latin obligatōrius.

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