Obligatory
adjective
Something that must be done because of the rules or laws.
Voting is obligatory in some countries.
Often appears as...
- obligatory rule
- obligatory law
adjective
Something that is expected or normal in a particular situation.
It's obligatory to bring a gift to the party.
Often appears as...
- obligatory gift
- obligatory etiquette
adjective
Something that is done because of moral or legal duty.
Charity is obligatory according to our faith.
Often appears as...
- obligatory charity
- obligatory duty
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Approving
adjective
Something that must be done because of the rules or laws.
Voting is obligatory in some countries.
Often appears as...
- obligatory rule
- obligatory law
adjective
Something that is expected or normal in a particular situation.
It's obligatory to bring a gift to the party.
Often appears as...
- obligatory gift
- obligatory etiquette
adjective
Something that is done because of moral or legal duty.
Charity is obligatory according to our faith.
Often appears as...
- obligatory charity
- obligatory duty
Usage tips
Approving
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Pro Tip 1/3Legal Requirements
Used when discussing actions regulated by law or official rules.
Wearing helmets while riding a bike is obligatory in this city.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Optional
Implies that there is no choice but to comply with a rule or requirement.
Attendance at the safety training is obligatory for all new employees.
Pro Tip 3/3Consequence
Failing to do something obligatory can lead to penalties or negative outcomes.
Submitting a tax return is obligatory and missing the deadline may result in a fine.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Requirements
Used when discussing actions regulated by law or official rules.
Wearing helmets while riding a bike is obligatory in this city.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Optional
Implies that there is no choice but to comply with a rule or requirement.
Attendance at the safety training is obligatory for all new employees.
Pro Tip 3/3Consequence
Failing to do something obligatory can lead to penalties or negative outcomes.
Submitting a tax return is obligatory and missing the deadline may result in a fine.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Requirements
Used when discussing actions regulated by law or official rules.
Wearing helmets while riding a bike is obligatory in this city.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Optional
Implies that there is no choice but to comply with a rule or requirement.
Attendance at the safety training is obligatory for all new employees.
Pro Tip 3/3Consequence
Failing to do something obligatory can lead to penalties or negative outcomes.
Submitting a tax return is obligatory and missing the deadline may result in a fine.
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Why specializing early...
So I started to wonder about other domains that we associate with obligatory, early specialization, like music. Turns out the pattern's often similar. This is research from a world-class music academy, and what I want to draw your attention to is the exceptional musicians didn't start spending more time in deliberate practice
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Robert Wood: Robotic...
to more household or everyday use, there's some challenges there. Perhaps, you have one of these in your house. Here's what might be the first useful, accessible robotic technology that you can use. The obligatory bullet points to tell you what we are working on and our view of the world
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Words worth knowing from...
moonshot which i think was an obligatory word every speaker had to use the word moonshot this year so at word Nick we're going to add not only these words but also another million words that are missing from traditional dictionaries over the next few months if you see a word that's
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Why is colonialism...
There will be the obligatory coconut tree, banana tree, orangutan. And the orangutan doesn't even get paid. Look at how we represent ourselves. Look at how we represent nature. Look at how we represent the countryside. Look at how we represent agricultural life.
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Black Mamba vs. Animal...
can do but we can do something we can avoid the obligatory deadly mama chomps cute baby squirrel shot let's cut right to the end of the meal just the last few crunches I hope you appreciated our discretion just be glad as a human
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A day in the life of an...
Most supplicants bring two options for the Pythia to choose between, alongside the obligatory sacrificial cake. Aristonike reports back to the Pythia, pointing out important figures and sharing some of their concerns—
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How to deconstruct...
not people police. All of these activities add up to living. Our existence is being interpreted as crime. Now, this is the obligatory moment in the presentation where I have to say, not everything is about race.
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Black Mamba vs. The...
squirrel and its nest zeroed in the mother stays away but as for saving her babies there's not a single thing she can do but we can do something we can avoid the obligatory deadly mama chomps
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Take a Tour of a...
and del Carlos Sanchez it's an obligatory condition we need to obtain some special features of characters who live here I got used to it too much I think so for me routine
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Antony Gormley: Sculpted...
freed from the dimensionful and measured way in which life links us to the obligatory.
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Why specializing early...
So I started to wonder about other domains that we associate with obligatory, early specialization, like music. Turns out the pattern's often similar. This is research from a world-class music academy, and what I want to draw your attention to is the exceptional musicians didn't start spending more time in deliberate practice
Video examples
Robert Wood: Robotic...
to more household or everyday use, there's some challenges there. Perhaps, you have one of these in your house. Here's what might be the first useful, accessible robotic technology that you can use. The obligatory bullet points to tell you what we are working on and our view of the world
Video examples
Words worth knowing from...
moonshot which i think was an obligatory word every speaker had to use the word moonshot this year so at word Nick we're going to add not only these words but also another million words that are missing from traditional dictionaries over the next few months if you see a word that's
Video examples
Why is colonialism...
There will be the obligatory coconut tree, banana tree, orangutan. And the orangutan doesn't even get paid. Look at how we represent ourselves. Look at how we represent nature. Look at how we represent the countryside. Look at how we represent agricultural life.
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Black Mamba vs. Animal...
can do but we can do something we can avoid the obligatory deadly mama chomps cute baby squirrel shot let's cut right to the end of the meal just the last few crunches I hope you appreciated our discretion just be glad as a human
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A day in the life of an...
Most supplicants bring two options for the Pythia to choose between, alongside the obligatory sacrificial cake. Aristonike reports back to the Pythia, pointing out important figures and sharing some of their concerns—
Video examples
How to deconstruct...
not people police. All of these activities add up to living. Our existence is being interpreted as crime. Now, this is the obligatory moment in the presentation where I have to say, not everything is about race.
Video examples
Black Mamba vs. The...
squirrel and its nest zeroed in the mother stays away but as for saving her babies there's not a single thing she can do but we can do something we can avoid the obligatory deadly mama chomps
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Take a Tour of a...
and del Carlos Sanchez it's an obligatory condition we need to obtain some special features of characters who live here I got used to it too much I think so for me routine
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Antony Gormley: Sculpted...
freed from the dimensionful and measured way in which life links us to the obligatory.
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Said Nursi
Turkish Theologian
The divine wisdom which requires a division of labor has sown different abilities and tendencies in human nature and has enabled human beings to carry out the duty of establishing sciences and developing technology. The fulfillment of this duty is obligatory upon humanity as a whole, though not on every individual.
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Frank Deford
American Writer
It was not that long ago when the accepted wisdom in football was that the running game had to be established - that was always the obligatory verb: established - before passes could become effective. My, we know how that has changed. Now the pass is established from the get-go, and running is an afterthought.
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Rose George
British Journalist
Ships are obliged to take on harbor or river pilots - who provide specialized local navigation - when they approach a port, but in the canal, a Suez crew is also obligatory. The crew members are there in case the ship needs to be moored during the canal transit, but this rarely happens.
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Ava DuVernay
American Director
Oh gosh, I'm completely allergic to historical dramas. Particularly those around the civil-rights movement. It's not my favorite thing to watch. So often they feel like medicine. Or not even a history lesson, because I really like history. Just... obligatory.
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Vaclav Smil
Czechoslovakian Scientist
There is no doubt that human evolution has been linked to meat in many fundamental ways. Our digestive tract is not one of obligatory herbivores; our enzymes evolved to digest meat, whose consumption aided higher encephalization and better physical growth.
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James Spader
American Actor
I'm not eager at all to present my life out there for public consumption. I like to do one or two films a year and then do what is absolutely obligatory in terms of promoting them. My life outside of films is vital to me.
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Thomas Aquinas
Italian Theologian
Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.
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John Cusack
American Actor
Any time you stop looking at evil as a black and white thing, it's helpful. So the fact that there won't be any obligatory Islamic terrorist stereotypes in movies any more, that'd be helpful.
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Giuseppe Conte
Italian Politician
We will seek... to set up an automatic, obligatory system to redistribute asylum-seekers.
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Abu Bakr
Leader
Jihad is obligatory for the Muslims.
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Said Nursi
Turkish Theologian
The divine wisdom which requires a division of labor has sown different abilities and tendencies in human nature and has enabled human beings to carry out the duty of establishing sciences and developing technology. The fulfillment of this duty is obligatory upon humanity as a whole, though not on every individual.
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Frank Deford
American Writer
It was not that long ago when the accepted wisdom in football was that the running game had to be established - that was always the obligatory verb: established - before passes could become effective. My, we know how that has changed. Now the pass is established from the get-go, and running is an afterthought.
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Rose George
British Journalist
Ships are obliged to take on harbor or river pilots - who provide specialized local navigation - when they approach a port, but in the canal, a Suez crew is also obligatory. The crew members are there in case the ship needs to be moored during the canal transit, but this rarely happens.
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Ava DuVernay
American Director
Oh gosh, I'm completely allergic to historical dramas. Particularly those around the civil-rights movement. It's not my favorite thing to watch. So often they feel like medicine. Or not even a history lesson, because I really like history. Just... obligatory.
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Vaclav Smil
Czechoslovakian Scientist
There is no doubt that human evolution has been linked to meat in many fundamental ways. Our digestive tract is not one of obligatory herbivores; our enzymes evolved to digest meat, whose consumption aided higher encephalization and better physical growth.
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James Spader
American Actor
I'm not eager at all to present my life out there for public consumption. I like to do one or two films a year and then do what is absolutely obligatory in terms of promoting them. My life outside of films is vital to me.
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Thomas Aquinas
Italian Theologian
Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.
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John Cusack
American Actor
Any time you stop looking at evil as a black and white thing, it's helpful. So the fact that there won't be any obligatory Islamic terrorist stereotypes in movies any more, that'd be helpful.
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Giuseppe Conte
Italian Politician
We will seek... to set up an automatic, obligatory system to redistribute asylum-seekers.
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Abu Bakr
Leader
Jihad is obligatory for the Muslims.
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