compulsory

obligatoire

Que l’on doit faire parce qu’une règle ou une loi l’exige.

En anglais simple : Required by a rule or law, so you must do it.

• Attendance is compulsory.
• Is this course compulsory for all students?
• Wearing a helmet became compulsory last year.

Comment l'utiliser : compulsory for someone (The training is compulsory for new staff.)

Synonymes : mandatory, required, obligatory

Contraires : optional, voluntary

Expressions courantes : compulsory education, compulsory attendance, compulsory subject

coercitif, contraignant

Qui utilise la force ou la pression pour obliger quelqu’un à agir d’une certaine façon.

En anglais simple : Using power or pressure to make someone act in a particular way.

• The ruler relied on compulsory measures.
• The court exercised its compulsory power.
• Such compulsory methods left people little freedom.

Synonymes : coercive, constraining

Expressions courantes : compulsory power, compulsory measures