Vocabulary
Obligatory
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
required by a legal, moral, or other rule; compulsory.
Urdu meaning
لازمی، ضروری، فرض
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Another confessed that the obligatory weekend ritual where he had to attend the majlis of the elders at Al Ain was not inconvenient, as camping in the desert had been made easy with air-conditioned tents.
- The prime minister and even foreign minister have given episodic attention to foreign policy, mistaking obligatory overseas visits for policy.
- This cannot happen without making the teaching licence a tool that demonstrates professional merit and steadfastness obligatory for aspiring instructors.
- Indeed, it is obligatory for the political parties under the ECP rules to hold intra-party elections and there may be flaws in the way the PTI conducted the mandatory exercise.
- There will be no obligatory contributions.
Synonyms
compulsory, mandatory, prescribed, required, demanded, statutory, enforced
Antonyms
voluntary, optional
Curator example
“use of seat belts in cars is now obligatory”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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