What is the meaning of forced?

verb

  • (v.) ()
  • Urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate.
  • (v.) ()
  • Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably.
    • usage: "She forced her diet fads on him"
  • Squeeze like a wedge into a tight space.
    • usage: "I squeezed myself into the corner"
  • Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically.
    • usage: "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
  • Cause to move by pulling.
    • usage: "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
  • Do forcibly; exert force.
    • usage: "Don't force it"
  • Take by force.
    • usage: "Storm the fort"

adjective

  • Produced by or subjected to forcing.
    • usage: "forced-air heating"; "furnaces of the forced-convection type"; "forced convection in plasma generators"
  • Forced or compelled.
    • usage: "promised to abolish forced labor"
  • Made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency.
    • usage: "a forced landing"
  • Lacking spontaneity; not natural.
    • usage: "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile"
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APAWordNet. (2010). forced. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/forced/definitions/1174358
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