Dictionary

coerce en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /kəʉˈɜːs/ (Australia)
• /kɐʉˈøːs/ (New-Zealand)
• (California) audio
• /koʊˈɝs/ (Canada, General-American)
• /kəʊˈɜːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Latin coërceō (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arceō (“to inclose, confine, keep off”).

Meanings

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.
   • A woman who freely engages in any of these activities, or who rejects anti-porn dogma, is thought to be coerced, brainwashed, an apologist of the patriarchy or a "social man." A woman who agrees that she has been coerced into one of these activities will be honored by anti-porners. The opinions of the rest of us are routinely discounted. 1984 December 22, Gayle Rubin, “Censored: Anti-Porn Laws And Women's Liberation”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 23, page 8:
   • They coerced their children into going to the country park.
3. (transitive) To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.

Forms

Deriveds

coercive · coercion · coercible · coercer · coercement · coercee

Synonyms

dragoon · compel · bully · hustle · bludgeon

Translations (72)

bg принужда́вам (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · ar اِضْطَرَّ (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · tr mecbur etmek (to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb) · ru удержа́ть (to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb) · hy հարկադրել (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · be прымуша́ць (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · mi uruhi (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · es coercer (to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb) · uk зму́шувати (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · no tvinge (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · fi painostaa (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · nl onderdrukken (to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb) · fr contraindre (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · el εξαναγκάζω (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · ru заставля́ть (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · pl zmusić (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · be зму́сіць (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · mn албадах (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · cs nutit (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · cmn 強迫轉型 /强迫转型 (to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type) · nl dwingen (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · cs přinutit (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · ar أَجْبَرَ (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · pt coagir (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · bg заста́вя (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · pl zmuszać (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · ja 強いる (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · fi tukahduttaa (to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb) · bg заста́вям (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · fr forcer (to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type) · bg прину́дя (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · cmn 威脅 /威胁 (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · es coercer (to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type) · uk зму́сити (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · ko 강요하다 (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · es coaccionar (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · la coërceō (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · fr forcer (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · fi pakottaa (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · ru уде́рживать (to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb) · cs donutit (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · uk приму́сити (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · be прыму́сіць (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · tr mecbur etmek (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · cmn 強制 /强制 (to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb) · tr zorlamak (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · it costringere (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · uk приму́шувати (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · de erzwingen (to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type) · de konvertieren (to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type) · sk nútiť (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · cmn 約束 /约束 (to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb) · fi pakottaa (to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type) · cmn 強迫 /强迫 (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · nl forceren (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · ru заста́вить (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · be змуша́ць (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · ru принужда́ть (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · cmn 強行制止 /强行制止 (to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb) · el αναγκάζω (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · fi rajoittaa (to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb) · de erzwingen (to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb) · sk donútiť (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · sk prinútiť (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · nl forceren (to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type) · pt forçar (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · cmn 脅迫 /胁迫 (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · tr zorlamak (to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb) · ru прину́дить (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · nl afdwingen (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · de zwingen (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) · fr retenir (to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb)