forced
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3.4
- adjective
- /fɔrst/
- Due to the storm, we were forced to cancel our vacation plans.
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Examples
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And I don't think children should be forced to work long hours.
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The workers felt they were forced to accept the new conditions without any negotiation.
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This is a time when we're forced to stay home together.
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And we're not being forced to do something we ought not do.
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So I was either forced to act or forced not to act.
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Also, once you have hope, you are forced then to take action next.
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In no other context are you forced to do this.
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When you pause, you are forced to focus on the now.
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This lifelong Windows user has been forced to switch to a MacBook.
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She's stuck within a framework that she's forced to then accept.
Synonyms
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1.4
Something a rule, law, or official says you must have
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3.8
Law or rules say you must do it
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3.4
Not wanting to do something and doing it only because you must
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4.2
Required by law or duty to do something
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6.0
Required to do something by law, duty, or agreement
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5.4
Not done on purpose and not under a person's control
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4.2
Appearing not natural and tense, often like a forced smile
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4.1
A person or group sets rules that people must follow
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4.2
Required by law or rule
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5.3
Required by law, rule, or authority
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7.6
Using force or threats to make someone do something
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4.4
Force makes someone do something they do not choose
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4.4
Feeling you must do something because it is polite or right
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6.7
Looks or sounds unnatural because someone is holding back
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6.4
Pushed to act by repeated pressure or teasing
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
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6.3
Giving food and liquid through a tube to a person who cannot or refuses to eat
How Voluntary
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Morphology
Etymology
Forced comes from the word force, which means 'power' or 'pressure'. That's why a forced action is done because someone or something pushed or made it happen, not because the person wanted to do it.