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adjective
Date: circa 1537
1. compelled by force or necessity ; involuntary <a forced landing> 2. done or produced with effort, exertion, or pressure <a forced laugh> • forcedly adverb
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Forced — Forced, a. Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh. [1913 Webster] {Forced draught}. See under {Draught}. {Forced… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
forced — forced, labored, strained, farfetched are comparable when they mean produced or kept up through effort and, therefore, neither natural nor easy nor spontaneous. Forced is the widest in range of application of any of these terms, being referred… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
forced — UK US /fɔːst/ adjective ► done against someone s wishes: »The forced closure of the plant has shocked the local business community. »The company will use any proceeds from a forced sale to pay off debt. a forced departure/exit/resignation »Some… … Financial and business terms
forced — [fo:st US fo:rst] adj 1.) a forced smile, laugh etc is not natural or sincere ▪ Oh, hello, said Eileen, with forced brightness. 2.) [only before noun] done suddenly and quickly because the situation makes it necessary, not because it was planned… … Dictionary of contemporary English
forced — [fôrst] adj. 1. done or brought about by force; not voluntary; compulsory [forced labor] 2. produced or kept up by unusual effort; not natural or spontaneous; strained or constrained [a forced smile] 3. due to necessity or emergency [a forced… … English World dictionary
forced — [ fɔrst ] adjective 1. ) not sincere or natural: a forced smile 2. ) done or happening because the situation makes it necessary or because someone makes you do it: forced layoffs the forced resettlement of the refugees … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
forced — (adj.) not spontaneous or voluntary, 1570s, pp. adjective from FORCE (Cf. force) (v.). The flier s forced landing attested by 1917 … Etymology dictionary
forced — index bound, compulsory, inappropriate, involuntary, obligatory, ponderous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
forced — [adj] compulsory, strained affected, artificial, begrudging, binding, bound, coerced, coercive, compelled, conscripted, constrained, contrived, enforced, factitious, false, grudging, inflexible, insincere, involuntary, labored, mandatory,… … New thesaurus
forced — [[t]fɔ͟ː(r)st[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n A forced action is something that you do because someone else makes you do it. A system of forced labour was used on the cocoa plantations. 2) ADJ: ADJ n A forced action is something that you do because… … English dictionary
forced — adjective 1. produced by or subjected to forcing (Freq. 1) forced air heating furnaces of the forced convection type forced convection in plasma generators • Participle of verb: ↑force 2. forced or compelled (Freq. 1) … Useful english dictionary
