com·pul·so·ry

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• com|pul´so|ri|ly — com|pul|so|ry «kuhm PUHL suhr ee», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. compelled; required: »Attendance at school is compulsory for children over seven years of age. SYNONYM(S): obligatory. 2. compelling; using force. –n. a required demonstration of skill… …   Useful english dictionary

• com|pul|so|ry — «kuhm PUHL suhr ee», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. compelled; required: »Attendance at school is compulsory for children over seven years of age. SYNONYM(S): obligatory. 2. compelling; using force. –n. a required demonstration of skill in figure… …   Useful english dictionary

• com|pul|sa|to|ry — «kuhm PUHL suh TR ee, TOHR », adjective. Rare. compulsory …   Useful english dictionary

• com|pul´sive|ness — com|pul|sive «kuhm PUHL sihv», adjective. 1. compelling: »She has a compulsive desire to keep her house perfectly neat. 2. using compulsion: »He gave the boy ahead of him a compulsive push. SYNONYM(S): coercive. 3. of or having to do with… …   Useful english dictionary

• com|pul´sive|ly — com|pul|sive «kuhm PUHL sihv», adjective. 1. compelling: »She has a compulsive desire to keep her house perfectly neat. 2. using compulsion: »He gave the boy ahead of him a compulsive push. SYNONYM(S): coercive. 3. of or having to do with… …   Useful english dictionary

• com|pul|sive — «kuhm PUHL sihv», adjective. 1. compelling: »She has a compulsive desire to keep her house perfectly neat. 2. using compulsion: »He gave the boy ahead of him a compulsive push. SYNONYM(S): coercive. 3. of or having to do with compulsion.… …   Useful english dictionary

• com|pul´so|ri|ness — com|pul|so|ry «kuhm PUHL suhr ee», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. compelled; required: »Attendance at school is compulsory for children over seven years of age. SYNONYM(S): obligatory. 2. compelling; using force. –n. a required demonstration of skill… …   Useful english dictionary

• com|pul|sa|tive — «kuhm PUHL suh tihv», adjective. = compulsory. (Cf. ↑compulsory) …   Useful english dictionary

• com|pul|sion|ist — «kuhm PUHL shuh nihst», noun. an advocate of some form of compulsion, especially of compulsory military service …   Useful english dictionary

• com|pul|sion — «kuhm PUHL shuhn», noun. 1. the act of compelling; use of force; force: »He can be made to take this medicine only by compulsion. A promise made under compulsion is not binding. SYNONYM(S): constraint, coercion. 2. a) an impulse that is hard to… …   Useful english dictionary