Imposed on one by authority, command, or convention

• compulsory

  1. That must be done, undergone, etc.; obligatory; required
  2. Compelled, mandated, obligatory, or required, especially if by legal process or a statute. Compelled, mandated, obligatory, or required, especially if by legal process or a statute.
  3. Obligatory; required:

  • Go to "compulsory" definitions

  1. That must be done, undergone, etc.; obligatory; required
  2. Compelled, mandated, obligatory, or required, especially if by legal process or a statute. Compelled, mandated, obligatory, or required, especially if by legal process or a statute.
  3. Obligatory; required:

  • Go to "compulsory" definitions
• imperative

  1. (Gram.) Designating or of the mood of a verb that expresses a command, strong request, or exhortation
  2. Having the nature of, or indicating, power or authority; commanding
  3. Necessary or urgent:

  • Go to "imperative" definitions

  1. (Gram.) Designating or of the mood of a verb that expresses a command, strong request, or exhortation
  2. Having the nature of, or indicating, power or authority; commanding
  3. Necessary or urgent:

  • Go to "imperative" definitions
• necessary

  1. Required by obligation, compulsion, or convention:
  2. Needed or required:
  3. Logically inevitable:

  • Go to "necessary" definitions

  1. Required by obligation, compulsion, or convention:
  2. Needed or required:
  3. Logically inevitable:

  • Go to "necessary" definitions
• obligatory

  1. Required as part of a routine course of action or cultural expectation; predictable:
  2. Of the nature of an obligation; compulsory:
  3. Legally, morally, or socially binding; constituting, or having the nature of, an obligation; required

  • Go to "obligatory" definitions

  1. Required as part of a routine course of action or cultural expectation; predictable:
  2. Of the nature of an obligation; compulsory:
  3. Legally, morally, or socially binding; constituting, or having the nature of, an obligation; required

  • Go to "obligatory" definitions
• required

  1. Needed; essential:
  2. Obligatory:

  • Go to "required" definitions

  1. Needed; essential:
  2. Obligatory:

  • Go to "required" definitions
• requisite

  1. Required; essential.
  2. Required, as by circumstances; necessary for some purpose; indispensable

  • Go to "requisite" definitions

  1. Required; essential.
  2. Required, as by circumstances; necessary for some purpose; indispensable

  • Go to "requisite" definitions