nonmandatory

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /nɑnˈmændəˌtɔri/ UK /nɒnˈmændətəri/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
not required; optional

The training session was nonmandatory but well attended.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · not required; optional optional voluntary discretionary electivenonobligatory

Opposites

mandatory compulsory obligatory required

Word family

Related forms mandatory mandate

Etymology

From non- ('not') + mandatory, from Late Latin mandatorius, from Latin mandare ('to command, entrust'), from manus ('hand') + dare ('to give').

non Latin mandare Latin

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# nonmandatory

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /nɑnˈmændəˌtɔri/
**IPA (UK):** /nɒnˈmændətəri/

## Meanings
1. not required; optional

## Examples
- The training session was nonmandatory but well attended.

## Synonyms
- optional
- voluntary
- discretionary
- elective
- nonobligatory

## Antonyms
- mandatory
- compulsory
- obligatory
- required

## Related Forms
- mandatory
- mandate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: non
- Root: mandare

## Etymology
From non- ('not') + mandatory, from Late Latin mandatorius, from Latin mandare ('to command, entrust'), from manus ('hand') + dare ('to give').

## AI Etymology
Nonmandatory is from non- ('not') + mandatory, from Late Latin mandatorius, from Latin mandare ('to command, entrust'), from manus ('hand') + dare ('to give'). Important recorded forms include non (Latin) and mandare (Latin). Morphologically, the non- element marks negation or exclusion while the base supplies the domain being denied. The modern sense is largely compositional: the word names the absence, exclusion, or opposite of the base idea. In current use it covers not required; optional. The wider family includes related words such as mandatory and mandate.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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