coerce
English
Etymology
From 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/
Audio (US) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊˈɜːs/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s
Verb
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.
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
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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
- coerce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- coerce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Latin
Verb
coercē
- second-person singular present active imperative of coerceō
Spanish
Verb
coerce
- inflection of coercer:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative