coerce

English

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin coercere (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arcere (“to inclose, confine, keep off”); see arcade, arcane, ark.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /koʊˈɝs/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəʊˈɜːs/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s

Verb

1. (transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
2. (transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.
3. (transitive, computing) To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.

Synonyms

• compel
• bully
• dragoon

Derived terms

Derived terms

• coercee
• coercer

• coercible
• coercion

Translations

to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb

• Dutch: onderdrukken (nl)
• German: erzwingen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: удерживать (ru) (uderživatʹ)
• Turkish: mecbur etmek (tr), zorlamak (tr)

to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will

• Armenian: հարկադրել (hy) (harkadrel)
• Bulgarian: принуждавам (bg) (prinuždavam), заставям (bg) (zastavjam)
• Czech: donutit (cs)
• Dutch: dwingen (nl), afdwingen (nl), forceren (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: pakottaa (fi), painostaa (fi)
• French: forcer (fr), contraindre (fr)
• German: zwingen (de)
• Greek: αναγκάζω (el) (anagkázo), εξαναγκάζω (el) (exanagkázo)
• Italian: costringere (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
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• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: coercere
• Maori: uruhi
• Mongolian: албадах (mn) (albadax)
• Norwegian: tvinge
• Polish: zniewolić (pl)
• Portuguese: coagir (pt), forçar (pt)
• Russian: заставля́ть (ru) (zastavljátʹ), принуждать (ru) (prinuždatʹ)
• Spanish: coercer (es)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: zorlamak (tr), mecbur etmek (tr)

to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type

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  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: forceren (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: pakottaa (fi)
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• French: forcer (fr)
• German: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Hebrew: לכפות (likhpot)
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} coaccionar (es)

Further reading

• “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.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) coercē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of coerceō