adj.
- Required or commanded by authority; obligatory: Attendance at the meeting is mandatory.
- Of, having the nature of, or containing a mandate.
- Holding a League of Nations mandate over a territory.
A mandatary.
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mandatory
Quick Definition: obligatory; compulsory; of a mandate
adj.
Ordered or demanded by someone in power.
It was mandatory that each section of the test be completed for the examination to count. Tutor's tip: The newly-elected mandatary (recipient of special authority) made Monday meetings mandatory (compulsory).
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adj.
Mandatory
Peremptory; obligatory; required; that which must be subscribed to or obeyed.
Mandatory statutes are those that require, as opposed to permit, a particular course of action. Their language is characterized by such directive terms as shall as opposed to may. A mandatory provision is one that must be observed, whereas a directory provision is optional.
An example of a mandatory provision is a law that provides that an election judge must endorse his or her initials on a ballot.
mandatory
adjective
- Imposed on one by authority, command, or convention: compulsory, imperative, necessary, obligatory, required, requisite. See obligation.
Ordered or demanded by someone in power.
It was mandatory that each section of the test be completed for the examination to count. Tutor's tip: The newly-elected mandatary (recipient of special authority) made Monday meetings mandatory (compulsory). 
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The noun mandatory has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1: a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and inhabited by people not yet able to stand by themselves and so put under the tutelage of some other European power
Synonym: mandate
Meaning #2: the recipient of a mandate
Synonym: mandatary
The adjective mandatory has one meaning:
Meaning #1: required by rule
Synonyms: compulsory, required
Mandatory
The Government Buildings in Suva are the offices of the executive wing of Government of Fiji. Built in the late 1930s, the buildings house the Prime Minister of Fiji's offices, the High Court, and government ministries. Parliament was held here until the1987 coup; since then it has met in new buildings in the Suva suburb of Muanikau.
The buildings should not be confused with Government House to the south on the same street (Victoria Parade).
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Translations for: Mandatory
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - mandat-, bydende, pbudt
n. - = mandatary (mandatar, mandatarmagt)
Nederlands (Dutch)
verplicht, betreffende een mandaat, persoon die/land dat een mandaat heeft
Franais (French)
adj. - obligatoire, de rigueur
n. - obligation
Deutsch (German)
adj. - Pflicht..., obligatorisch, vorgeschrieben, (Pol.) Mandat(smacht)
n. - (Rechtsw.) Mandatar, Bevollmchtigter
ή (Greek)
adj. - ό, ό, ό
Italiano (Italian)
obbligatorio, mandatario
Portugus (Portuguese)
adj. - obrigatrio
Русский (Russian)
держатель мандата, мандатный, обязательный
Espaol (Spanish)
adj. - obligatorio, preceptivo, de rigor
n. - orden, precepto
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - mandat-, freskriven, befallande
中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
命令的, 托管的, 强制的, 受托者, 代理者
中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 命令的, 託管的, 強制的
n. - 受託者, 代理者
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 강제의, 위임된, 명령의
n. - 위임자, 통치국
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 命令の, 委任された, 強制的な, 義務的な
n. - 受任者
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) إجباري, إلزامي
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - חובה, נחוץ, הכרחי, מנדטורי
n. - ארץ בשלטון מנדטורי (מונח היסטורי), מיופה-כוח (מיושן)
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