Both Uses of
mandatory
in
The Hunger Games
- Attendance is mandatory unless you are on death's door.†
p. 16.4 *
- The only time you can count on it is when they're airing the Games or some important government message on television that it's mandatory to watch.†
p. 81.0
Definitions:
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(1)
(mandatory as in: it is mandatory) required by rule or law
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely and historically, mandatory can refer to a League of Nations country that holds a mandate over a territory.