compulsory subject

collocation in English

meaningsofcompulsoryandsubject

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compulsory
adjective
uk
/kəmˈpʌl.sər.i/us
/kəmˈpʌl.sɚ.i/
If something is compulsory, you must do it because of a rule ...
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subject
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/us
/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/
the thing that is being discussed, considered, ...
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(Definition ofcompulsoryandsubjectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Singing became acompulsorysubjectfor both the three- and four-year courses.
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English was introduced as acompulsorysubjectat the first grade in 1991.
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Turning now to the secondary level of learning, it was decided that the other official language was to become acompulsorysubjectin all secondary and high schools.
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Botany was so successful that it was integrated into the regular curriculum as acompulsorysubjecton a par with physics and chemistry.
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Does he welcome the fact that the national curriculum now makes physical training acompulsorysubjectfrom the ages of five to 16?
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Physical education ought to be acompulsorysubject.
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I believe it should be acompulsorysubject, as are reading, writing and arithmetic, in schools.
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I understand that road safety is not acompulsorysubjectin all our schools.
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I believe that he addresses the issue of compulsion—in other words, that it should be acompulsorysubject—in the curriculum.
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It is acompulsorysubjectwithin the curriculum, which allows parents, if they wish, to withdraw their children.
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I mention secondary and continuation schools purposely in this matter, because physical drill is already acompulsorysubjectin all elementary schools.
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I have considerably strengthened the position of religious education as acompulsorysubjectand ensured that it will have to be taught and delivered.
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Music remains acompulsorysubjectwithin the national curriculum from the age of five through to the age of 14.
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I should not regard it as either practicable or desirable to make swimming acompulsorysubject.
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Rather than carpentry and joinery being acompulsorysubject, pupils with aptitudes lying elsewhere should be given opportunities to show their talents.
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Were we right in 1944 to make this the onlycompulsorysubjectin the school curriculum?
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Geography is acompulsorysubjectin the national curriculum.
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It should continue to be acompulsorysubjectin the curriculum.
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I was talking about bringing it into the schools as acompulsorysubject, and further down into the junior schools.
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The establishment of a foreign language in secondary schools as acompulsorysubjectin the national curriculum will increase the status of the subject.
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