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  • 21obligatory — adjective top hat and tails are obligatory for men Syn: compulsory, mandatory, prescribed, required, demanded, statutory, enforced, binding, incumbent; requisite, necessary, imperative, unavoidable, inescapable, essential Ant: optional …

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  • 22obligatory — [əˈblɪgət(ə)ri] adj formal something that is obligatory must be done in order to obey a law or rule …

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  • 23obligatory — o•blig•a•to•ry [[t]əˈblɪg əˌtɔr i, ˌtoʊr i, ˈɒb lɪ gə [/t]] adj. 1) required as a matter of obligation; mandatory 2) incumbent or compulsory: duties obligatory on all[/ex] 3) imposing or stipulating an obligation • Etymology: 1425–75; late ME… …

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  • 24obligatory — obligatinis organizmas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Organizmas, prisitaikęs tik tam tikroje aplinkoje tam tikromis sąlygomis (pvz., monofagai, aerobai, anaerobai ir kt.). atitikmenys: angl. obligate; obligatory vok.… …

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  • 25Obligatory possession — is a linguistic phenomenon common in languages with nouns inflected for possessor. Certain words, commonly kinship terms and body parts, cannot occur without a possessor. The World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS)[1] lists 43 languages in its… …

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  • 26Obligatory Villagers — Studio album by Nellie McKay Released September 25, 2007 …

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  • 27Obligatory Bahá'í prayers — Bahá í Faith Central figures Bahá u lláh The Báb · Abdu l Bahá Key scriptur …

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  • 28Obligatory passage point — The concept of Obligatory passage point (OPP) was developed by sociologist Michel Callon in a seminal contribution to Actor network theory: Callon, Michel (1986), Elements of a sociology of translation: Domestication of the Scallops and the… …

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  • 29Obligatory Contour Principle — The Obligatory Contour Principle (OCP) is a phonological hypothesis that states that (certain) consecutive identical features are banned in underlying representations. Contents 1 Background considerations 2 History 3 Debate …

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  • 30obligatory anaerobes — Anaerobia An*a [ e]r*o bi*a, Anaerobes An aer*obes, Anaerobes An*a [ e]r*obes, n. pl. [NL. anaerobia; an not + a[ e]ro + Gr.? life.] (Bacteriol.) Ana[ e]robic bacteria. They are called {facultative ana[ e]robes} when able to live either in the… …

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