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1Forced — 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… …
2forced — 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… …
3forced — 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… …
4forced — [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… …
5forced — [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… …
6forced — [ 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 …
7forced — (adj.) not spontaneous or voluntary, 1570s, pp. adjective from FORCE (Cf. force) (v.). The flier s forced landing attested by 1917 …
8forced — index bound, compulsory, inappropriate, involuntary, obligatory, ponderous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
9forced — [adj] compulsory, strained affected, artificial, begrudging, binding, bound, coerced, coercive, compelled, conscripted, constrained, contrived, enforced, factitious, false, grudging, inflexible, insincere, involuntary, labored, mandatory,… …
10forced — [[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… …
