American English pronunciation
How to pronounce forced
IPA transcription: ['fɔɹst]
Pronunciation variants: ['fɔɹst]['fɚst]
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Verb
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move with force,
“He pushed the table into a corner”
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cause to move by pulling
“draw a wagon”
“pull a sled”
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to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
“She forced him to take a job in the city”
“He squeezed her for information”
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urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
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force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
“She rammed her mind into focus”
“He drives me mad”
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impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
“She forced her diet fads on him”
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squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
“I squeezed myself into the corner”
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do forcibly; exert force
“Don't force it!”
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take by force
“Storm the fort”
Adjective
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produced by or subjected to forcing
“forced-air heating”
“furnaces of the forced-convection type”
“forced convection in plasma generators”
Adjective
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forced or compelled
“promised to abolish forced labor”
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made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency
“a forced landing”
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lacking spontaneity; not natural
“a constrained smile”
“forced heartiness”
“a strained smile”
Usage examples
- The diver forced open the oyster, revealing a shimmering pearl.
- Otacon was forced to fake Snake's death after he was framed by the Patriots.
- Last week our fridge broke which forced us to eat lots of ice cream.
- Frank was dying so they were forced to leave him.
- But I don't think they enforced it much.
- The diver forced open the oyster, revealing a shimmering pearl.
- Because of its strategic location, various castles and reinforced farms were soon established.
- Pinkney was forced to leave.
- Absolutely despicable that gingerbread men are forced to live in houses made of their own flesh.
- Calvert was soon forced to flee southward to Virginia.