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mandatory

How many syllables in mandatory?

  4 syllables

Divide mandatory into syllables:   man-da-to-ry
Stressed syllable in mandatory:   man-da-to-ry
How to say mandatory:

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1 syllable
  • forced
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      What rhymes with mandatory

      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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