coerce
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin coercere (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arcere (“to inclose, confine, keep off”); see arcade, arcane, ark.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /koʊˈɝs/
Audio (US) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊˈɜːs/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s
Verb[edit]
coerce (third-person singular simple present coerces, present participle coercing, simple past and past participle coerced)
- (transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
- (transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.
- They coerced their children into going to the country park.
- (transitive, computing) To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.
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Translations[edit]
to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb
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to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
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to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type
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Further reading[edit]
- “coerce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “coerce”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
coercē
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
coerce
- inflection of coercer:
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