MANDATORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mandatory mean? 

• MANDATORY (noun)
  The noun MANDATORY has 2 senses:

1. the recipient of a mandate

2. 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

  Familiarity information: MANDATORY used as a noun is rare.

• MANDATORY (adjective)
  The adjective MANDATORY has 1 sense:

1. required by rule

  Familiarity information: MANDATORY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANDATORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The recipient of a mandate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

mandatary; mandatory

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

receiver; recipient (a person who receives something)

Derivation:

mandate (assign under a mandate)

Sense 2

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

mandate; mandatory

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)

• MANDATORY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Required by rule

Synonyms:

compulsory; mandatory; required

Context example:

required reading

Similar:

obligatory (morally or legally constraining or binding)

Derivation:

mandate (make mandatory)

 Context examples 

Under current law, usually the testing of a new pharmaceutical product or medical device on humans is mandatory.

(Human Subject Research, NCI Thesaurus)

Terminology used in individual case reports for voluntary and mandatory reporting of adverse reactions or adverse events during both pre and post approval periods of medical product development.

(Individual Case Safety Report Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

The risks of disease transmission through açaí consumption outside of the northern region are low, because juice exported to other regions or countries undergo mandatory pasteurization.

(Açaí fruit can transmit Chagas disease, SciDev.Net)

Specifies whether registration to the companion study is mandatory when registering to the parent study.

(Companion Study Relationship Registration Required Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers behind the study argue that if government policy made menu labelling mandatory, it could encourage restaurants to produce healthier options, leading to public health benefits.

(Menu labelling linked to less fat and salt in food, University of Cambridge)

Terminology used in individual case reports for voluntary and mandatory reporting of adverse reactions or adverse events during both pre and post approval periods of medical device development and usage.

(FDA Center For Devices and Radiological Health Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

Terminology used for defining a patient condition, symptom, sign, finding, or disease in individual case reports for voluntary and mandatory reporting of adverse reactions or adverse events during both pre and post approval periods of medical device development and usage.

(Patient Problem Codes FDA CDRH, NCI Thesaurus)

A patient condition when action or ministration whose purpose is to improve health or to alter the course of a disease is considered essential and mandatory in order to prevent permanent impairment or damage.

(Intervention Required, NCI Thesaurus)

An authorization must include following mandatory elements: a description of the information that will be released and for what purposes; a description of any information that will not be disclosed, if applicable; a list of who will disclose the information and to whom; an expiration date for the disclosure; a statement that the authorization can be revoked; a statement that disclosed information may be re-disclosed and no longer protected; a statement that if the individual does not provide an authorization, he may not be able to receive the intended intervention; the date and subject's signature.

(Authorization for Release of Confidential Health Information, NCI Thesaurus)

Mandatory menu labelling for large restaurant chains was introduced in the US in May 2018.

(Menu labelling linked to less fat and salt in food, University of Cambridge)