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MANDATORY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves

Synonyms:

mandate; mandatory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("mandatory" is a kind of...):

district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)

Instance hyponyms:

Palestine (a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The recipient of a mandate

Synonyms:

mandatary; mandatory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("mandatory" is a kind of...):

receiver; recipient (a person who receives something)

Derivation:

mandate (assign under a mandate)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Required by rule

Example:

required reading

Synonyms:

compulsory; mandatory; required

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

obligatory (morally or legally constraining or binding)

Derivation:

mandate (make mandatory)

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