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- Dictionaryobligatory/əˈblɪɡət(ə)ri/
adjective
- 1. required by a legal, moral, or other rule; compulsory: "use of seat belts in cars is now obligatory" Similar Opposite
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OBLIGATORY definition: 1. If something is obligatory, you must do it because of a rule or law, etc.: 2. expected because…. Learn more.
1. : binding in law or conscience. The ordinance made it obligatory that homeowners clear the snow from the sidewalks. 2. : relating to or enforcing an obligation. a writ obligatory. 3. : mandatory, required. obligatory military service. also : so commonplace as to be a convention, fashion, or cliché. the obligatory death scene in opera.
OBLIGATORY meaning: 1. If something is obligatory, you must do it because of a rule or law, etc.: 2. expected because…. Learn more.
Obligatory definition: required as a matter of obligation; mandatory. See examples of OBLIGATORY used in a sentence.
If you describe something as obligatory, you mean that it is done from habit or custom and not because the person involved has thought carefully about it or really means it. His lips curved up in the obligatory smile, acknowledging the compliment. She was wearing the obligatory sweater and pearl necklace.
Obligatory describes something you do because you have to, not because you want to. When you buy a car, you have to fill out the obligatory forms. In many homes, saying please and thank you is obligatory.
Definition of obligatory adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. Of the nature of an obligation; compulsory: Attendance is obligatory. Mathematics is an obligatory course. 2. Required as part of a routine course of action or cultural expectation; predictable: "wearing clothing like basketball shoes, baggy pants, and the obligatory baseball cap" (Tyler Stovall). 3. Biology Obligate. o·blig′a·to′ri·ly adv.
OBLIGATORY definition: If something is obligatory, you must do it because of a rule, or because everyone else does it: . Learn more.
obligatory. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ob‧lig‧a‧to‧ry /əˈblɪɡətəri $ -tɔːri/ adjective 1 formal something that is obligatory must be done because of a law, rule etc SYN compulsory, mandatory it is obligatory for somebody (to do something) It is obligatory for companies to provide details of their industrial ...
