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enforced

enforced

4.4
Force makes someone do something they do not choose
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈfɔrst/
translation icon : impuesto
  • The new safety measures were strictly enforced to protect public health.

Communism is all about basically enforced camps.

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Examples

  • Moreover, the environmental impact assessment requirement must be strictly enforced at the local level.

  • But we do know that these regions all enforced strict quarantines and lockdowns.

  • And now we're having this sort of top down enforced separation of people.

  • But it's not really enforced and it's not coordinated.

  • And so the mechanisms for how these things are enforced vary by country.

  • The vehicle by which cancellation was enforced was Twitter.

  • This was strongly enforced during the lockdowns.

  • This is mandatory for all state funded schools and will be enforced by Ofsted.

  • During the pandemic, many rules were enforced to ensure social distancing.

  • The laws regarding noise levels in the neighborhood are enforced by local authorities.

Synonyms

mandatory
vsenforced
239 3.8

Law or rules say you must do it

is broader, covering compulsion by force or necessity as well
compulsory
vsenforced
31 4.2

Required by law or rule

can also mean being driven by force or unavoidable circumstances
imposed
vsenforced
  • Formal
4.1

A person or group sets rules that people must follow

is compulsion due to force or necessity rather than authority
forced
vsenforced
3.4

Done because someone makes you do it, not because you want to

is similar but often highlights being applied by an authority
dictated
vsenforced
5.4

Someone in charge decides something for others with no choice

is about being compelled by force or unavoidable need instead
decreed
vsenforced
  • Formal
6.9

An official order fixes a date or rule

is compulsion from force or necessity, not only formal orders
required
vsenforced
  • Formal
1.4

Something a rule, law, or official says you must have

is compulsion that can come from force or unavoidable circumstances

Antonyms

voluntary
180 3.7

Given by choice, not because someone forced you or paid you

unenforced
1 6.7

A law or rule that authorities do not make people follow

How Forced

compulsory
31 4.2
enforced
4.4
required
  • Formal
1.4

Surface Forms

enforced positive

Morphology

enforced = enforce (transparent) = en + force + ed

The verb 'enforce' (en- + force) is a regular base and the suffix '-ed' marks past/past-participle forming 'enforced' with the expected meaning 'imposed or compelled'.

Etymology

Enforced comes from adding en- (a part that means 'to make' or 'put into') to force ('strength' or 'power'). So something enforced is 'made by force' or 'compelled' rather than chosen.