adj
Meaning 1
Obtained forcefully, not naturally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The forced labor went on for 14 years.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
forced
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /fɔɹst/
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Received-Pronunciation: /fɔːst/
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/fo(ː)ɹst/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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/foəst/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)st
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CMU ARPABET: F AO1 R S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Opened or accessed using force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Produced by strain; not spontaneous; insincere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- forced laughter
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
simple past and past participle of force
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
produced by or subjected to forcing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- forced-air heating
- furnaces of the forced-convection type
- forced convection in plasma generators
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
lacking spontaneity; not natural
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a constrained smile
- forced heartiness
- a strained smile
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: constrained, strained
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a forced landing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
forced or compelled
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- promised to abolish forced labor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: məcburi — obtained forcefully
- Bulgarian: принудителен (prinuditelen) — obtained forcefully
- Catalan: forçat — obtained forcefully
- Czech: násilný — obtained forcefully
- Czech: vynucený — obtained forcefully
- Czech: přinucený — obtained forcefully
- French: forcé — obtained forcefully
- German: erzwungen — obtained forcefully
- Greek: βεβιασμένος (veviasménos) — obtained forcefully
- Japanese: とってつけた (tottetsuketa) — obtained forcefully
- Portuguese: forçado — obtained forcefully
- Russian: принуди́тельный (prinudítelʹnyj) — obtained forcefully
- Russian: наси́льственный (nasílʹstvennyj) — obtained forcefully
- Russian: вы́нужденный (výnuždennyj) — obtained forcefully
- Spanish: forzado — obtained forcefully
- Spanish: forzoso — obtained forcefully
- Ukrainian: примусо́вий (prymusóvyj) — obtained forcefully
- Ukrainian: ви́мушений (výmušenyj) — obtained forcefully
- Ukrainian: зму́шений (zmúšenyj) — obtained forcefully
- Spanish: forzado — produced by strain; not spontaneous; unsincere
Real reading context