Forced

Definition: Forced

Forced

Adjective

1. Produced by or subjected to forcing: "forced-air heating"; "furnaces of the forced-convection type"; "forced convection in plasma generators".

2. Forced or compelled; "promised to abolish forced labor".

3. Made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing".

4. Lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "forced" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Forced

Furnace

Oil burner, gas burner, Franklin stove, pot-bellied stove; wood-burning stove; central heating, steam heat, hot water heat, gas heat, forced hot air, electric heat, heat pump; solar heat, convective heat.

Haste

Noun: haste, urgency; despatch, dispatch; acceleration, spurt, spirt, forced march, rush, dash; speed, velocity; precipitancy, precipitation, precipitousness; Adjective: impetuosity; brusquerie; hurry, drive, scramble, bustle, fuss, fidget, flurry, flutter, splutter.

Adverb: with haste, with all haste, with breathless speed; in haste; Adjective: apace; (swiftly); amain; all at once; (instantaneously); at short notice; immediately; (early); posthaste; by cable, by express, by telegraph, by forced marches.

Inelegance

Adjective: inelegant, graceless, ungraceful; harsh, abrupt; dry, stiff, cramped, formal, guinde; forced, labored; artificial, mannered, ponderous; awkward, uncourtly, unpolished; turgid; affected, euphuistic; barbarous, uncouth, grotesque, rude, crude, halting; offensive to ears polite.

Irrelation

Remote, far-fetched, out of the way, forced, neither here nor there, quite another thing; detached, segregate; disquiparant.

Velocity

Hurry; (hasten); accelerate, put on; quicken; quicken one's pace, mend one's pace; clap spurs to one's horse; make haste, make rapid strides, make forced marches, make the best of one's way; put one's best leg foremost, stir one's stumps, wing one's way, set off at a score; carry sail, crowd sail; go off like a shot, go like a shot, go ahead, gain ground; outstrip the wind, fly on the wings of the wind.

Crosswords: Forced

Yes, sir. As requested, it's full of bugs, which means people will be forced to upgrade for years (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein)

Come on lads, let's get home, the sky's beginning to bruise, night must fall and we shall be forced to camp (Withnail and I; writing credit: Bruce Robinson.)

Now, this has necessarily forced me to devote more of my time to some things and less to others (The Solid Gold Cadillac; writing credit: Abe Burrows; George S. Kaufman)

Your wife was much sweeter forced than many are willing (Rob Roy; writing credit: Alan Sharp)

Lieutenant, no matter how she feels now, she certainly wouldn't help Kimble originally unless he'd forced her (The Fugitive; writing credit: Allan Burns; Chris Hayward)

Their planet crumbled but Superman, he forced himself (Superman's Song; performing artist: Crash Test Dummies)

I'm forced to cry (Walk Away Renee; performing artist: The Left Bank)

Forced Entry (1972)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia (reference)

• Forced Hot Air Furnaces (reference)

• Forced Induction Performance Tuning A Practical Guide to Supercharging and Turbocharging (reference)

• Navajo Long Walk: The Tragic Story of a Proud People's Forced March from Their Homeland (reference)

• The Opium War, 1840-1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by Which They Forced Her Gates Ajar (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Forced Migration Review (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Forced Relaxation: Advanced Russian Drills for Extreme Flexibility (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Forced Cranial Removal (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Master B200T 200,000 BTU Forced Air Kerosene Heater with Thermostat (reference)

• King Electrical W2410 Fan Forced 1000 Watt Wall Heater (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

This image shows the height of the dam at Parker River before restoration. Anadromous fish were forced to jump past this dam or use an outdated non- functioning dam to negotiate to their spawning grounds before the Alaskan Steep Pass fish ladder was installed. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Team members from the Air Combat Command Communications Group at Langley Air Force Base, Va., trek up a steep hill during a 6.2-mile forced march to kick off the inaugural Wilderness Challenge 2000 competition near the New River Gorge National River in We.

Steams into heavy seas on 24 February 1945, while en route to take part Task Force 58's second Tokyo raid of the month. Photographed from atop the battleship's forward fire control platform. Spray is enveloping the forecastle 40mm gun mounts in weather that curtailed the number of strikes flown on 25 February and forced the cancellation of those planned for the 26th. Credit: NAVY.

Steaming under forced draft, bound for Vera Cruz, Mexico, in Mid-April 1914. View looks aft and up, with the battleship's "cage" foremast and the top of her starboard boat crane dominating the image. Note searchlights and signal hoists. Credit: NAVY.

Martyrs to duty. The rabid prohibitionist who has just had a bottle of old crow forced upon him ... / Herbert Johnson. Credit: Library of Congress.

Industrial crisis: owing to loss taking, the J.P. Morgan Library is forced to go on a circulating basis. Credit: Library of Congress.

Forced to retire. Credit: Library of Congress.

An illustration of German atrocities. German woman, with shaven head, who was forced to carry a sign which translates as: "I am the worst swine in the village; I had dealings with Poles. Credit: Library of Congress.

This man was a tenant on the same farm for eighteen years. He has six children. This year he was forced into status of day laborer on the same farm. The farm owner employed twenty-three tenant families last year. This year, the same acreage, using tractor. Credit: Library of Congress.

Flotation bag manufacture. Balloon room worker applies cement to airplane flotation bag in balloon room. This bag supports plane forced down at sea. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

God commanded, and his wants forced him to labour. (Second Treatise of Government)

Damage caused to civilians by being forced by Germany or her allies to labour without just remuneration. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But the relentless Ghost pinioned him in both his arms, and forced him to observe what happened next

When she passed the factory at the hours in which the labourers were at the door, she forced herself to laugh and sing

If he refused now, not only was he not a good guy, but he was forced to carry a sticker, was not allowed to have company

I said they were fellows of desperate fortunes, forced to fly from the places of their birth, on account of their poverty or their crimes

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

This value is referred to as the forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1). (references)

He was only 48 years old when the clusters forced him to quit his job as a systems analyst. (references)

The total lung capacity is the combination of the forced vital capacity and residual volume. (references)

Business

ICPs will be forced to adapt to the new WAP environment. (references)

The law bans child labor, including forced or bonded labor. (references)

This has forced the printer-to-PC shipment ratio to decline. (references)

Children

Pakistan

Children sometimes are kidnaped to be used as forced labor, for ransom, or to seek revenge against an enemy. (references)

Ghana

Another traditional practice that violates the rights of children is forced childhood marriage, which is illegal. (references)

Morocco

The report denounced the poor treatment a number of the children received, such as being forced to work all day with no breaks. (references)

Civil Liberties

Suriname

In May three men forced a Dutch journalist off the road and beat him. (references)

Iraq

The PUK and KDP have forced political parties that violate these rules to shut down. (references)

Laos

Church closings and forced renunciations of faith continued in a number of provinces. (references)

Economic History

Burma

Forced labor also continues to be a serious problem. (references)

Uae

Forced or compulsory labor is illegal and not practiced. (references)

Lithuania

People were repressed and taken to forced labor camps in Germany. (references)

Human Rights

Somalia

None of the factions used forced exile. (references)

Chad

The law authorizes forced labor in prison. (references)

Zimbabwe

He also was forced to strip naked and sit very close to a fire. (references)

Indigenous People

Cameroon

There have been credible reports of Pygmies being forced out of their homes by logging companies and security forces. (references)

Japan

Under an 1899 law, the Government pursued a policy of forced assimilation, imposing mandatory Japanese-language education and denying the Ainu their right to continue traditional practices. (references)

Philippines

The 1995 Mining Act promoted mining operations, hydroelectric dams, and other large-scale projects that forced indigenous people to relocate and abandon farming and hunting land that they have used for generations. (references)

Minorities

Nepal

Some reportedly have been forced to leave their villages. (references)

India

He said that fears of forced conversion were not credible. (references)

Armenia

Nonetheless, Yezidis and Ukrainians complained of unfair treatment in regard to forced military service. (references)

Political Economy

AUSTRALIA

Divestment cannot be forced without due process of law. (references)

Mauritius

Child labor and forced child prostitution remained problems. (references)

ITALY

Some illegal immigrants and children were forced into prostitution. (references)

Political Rights

Pakistan

Several newspapers stated that President Rafiq Tarar was forced to resign from office. (references)

Solomon Islands

Throughout 1999 Guadalcanalese militants forced thousands of Malaitans residing on Guadalcanal from their homes. (references)

Jamaica

The opposition party was forced to apologize when its supporters looted the convenience store of the campaign manager for a third party candidate. (references)

Trade

Oman

The CBO raised the minimum capital requirements that forced several bank mergers. (references)

Japan

Some smaller firms report that they have been forced to secure needed financing from offshore sources. (references)

Denmark

Frequently, such companies choose to or are forced to solve their financing problems by selling out to foreign, including U.S., corporations. (references)

Women

Cameroon

Often the widow is forced to marry one of the deceased's brothers. (references)

Afghanistan

Some home schools also existed, but were forced to operate clandestinely. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

The AIDF also opposes forced marriage and defends the rights of female domestic workers. (references)

Worker Rights

Germany

Payments to former forced laborers began in July. (references)

India

Many tribal women are forced into sexual exploitation. (references)

China

Some prisoners in pretrial detention also are forced to work. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "forced": be forced ♦ be forced to ♦ by forced marches ♦ forced crossing ♦ Forced draught ♦ forced excitation ♦ forced expiratory flow ♦ Forced Expiratory Flow Rates ♦ Forced Expiratory Volume ♦ forced feed lubrication ♦ forced feeding ♦ forced labor ♦ forced labour ♦ forced landing ♦ forced loan ♦ Forced march ♦ forced meat ♦ forced sale ♦ forced sale of collaterals ♦ forced saving ♦ forced vegetables ♦ make forced landing. Additional references.

Beginning with "forced": forced-air, forced-choice, forced-down, forced-draft, forced-labour, forced-landing, forced-open.

Ending with "forced": factory-forced, f-forced, wall-forced.

Albanian

nga zori, i detyruar (constrained, duty-bound, indebted, induced, liable, obligatory). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مكره (compelled, constrained, obliged), ‏متكلف (affected, artificial, assumed, constrained, factitious, faked, false, feigned, mannered, overacted, put on, sham, stagy, stilted, stogie, strained, theatrical, unnatural), ‏مجبر (compelled, obliged, orthopaedist, orthopedist), ‏قهري (coercive, compelling, compulsory), ‏قسري (coercive, compulsory, forcible), ‏إضطراري. (various references)

Bulgarian 

ранен (casualty, early, injured, matutinal, rath, rathe, wounded, young, youthful), насилствен (extortionate, forcible, shotgun, violent), задължителен (compulsory, indispensable, mandatory, must, obligatory, required), принуден (taut), принудителен (coercive, compulsive, compulsory, forcible, involuntary). (various references)

Chinese 

牵强. (various references)

Czech

vynucený (constrained), křeèovitý (convulsive, fitful, spasmodic, spastic). (various references)

Danish

fremdrevet, påvirket, drevet (driven, led, operated). (various references)

Dutch

geforceerd (strained). (various references)

Finnish

väkinäinen (constrained), teennäinen (affected, artificial, unnatural), pakotettu, hyödetty. (various references)

French

forcé. (various references)

German

erzwungen (compelled, enforced). (various references)

Greek 

εξαναγκασμένο (compelled). (various references)

Hebrew 

מוכרח (coerced, compelled, have to, obliged), מו�'בר (augmented, intensified, strengthened), מעוש�" (affected, artificial, compulsory, fictitious), מאומץ (adopted, strenuous), מחויב (bound, committed, obliged), מאולץ (stilted, strained), א� וס (compelled, compulsion, rape, ravished), כפוי (compelled, possessed), � אלץ (compelled, obligated, obliged). (various references)

Hungarian

kikényszerített, kényszerû (obligate). (various references)

Indonesian

terdesak (pressed, pushed, urged). (various references)

Italian

forzato (constrained, far fetched). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

牽強付会 (distorted, farfetched, strained), 強制的 (compulsory). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きょうせいてき (compulsory), け�"きょうふかい (distorted, farfetched, strained). (various references)

Korean 

강� � (Coercive, Compelling, Compulsion, Compulsory, constraint, CONSTRAINTS, forcible, Forcing, mandatory). (various references)

Manx

eiginit (obliged). (various references)

Norwegian

påtvungen (enforced). (various references)

Pig Latin

orcedfay.(various references)

Portuguese

forçado (far-fetched, labored, laboured). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

forçou. (various references)

Romanian

forţat (constrained, far fetched, ghastly, strained), silit (artificial, strained, under constraint, unnatural, unwilling), obligat (bound, bound to, compelled, indebted), muncit (overwrought, tired). (various references)

Russian 

усиливать принудительный, неестественный (far fetched, stagy, unnatural), принужденный (stiff), принудительный (coercive, compulsive, compulsory, forcible). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

usiljen (constrained, mannered, starch, starched, starchy, stiff, strained), prinudan (coercive, compulsive, compulsory). (various references)

Spanish

forzado (coercible, drafted, enforced, forcible, prim, sickly, strained). (various references)

Swedish

forcerad (strained). (various references)

Thai

ฝืนใจ, ที่ถูกบังคับ. (various references)

Turkish

zorunlu (bound, bound to, coercible, compulsory, derigueur, enforced, essential, forcedly, imperative, imperious, incumbent, indispensable, irremissible, mandatory, necessary, obligatory, obliged, requisite, unavoidable, urgent), zoraki (constrained, far fetched, forcedly, ghastly, stiff, strained, studied), mecburi (coercible, compulsory, enforced, enforcedly, forcedly, imperative, imperious, indispensable, obligatory), mecbur (bound, compelled, doomed). (various references)

Turkmen 

nalaз (under duress, unintentionally), mejbur, здresiz. (various references)

Ukrainian

форсований, натягнутий (extended, far fetched, non-natural, strained, tense, wire-drawn), примусовий (base, coercive, compulsive, compulsory). (various references)

Vietnamese 

bắt ép, ép buộc (coercive, coercively, compulsive, compulsory). (various references)

coactus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "forced": forcedly. (additional references)

Words ending with "forced": deforced, enforced, reenforced, reinforced, unenforced, unforced, unreinforced. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Forced" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: focet, forbed, forcec, forcep, forcet, forcey, forcier, foreced, fored, foredo, Forker, foroed, forsed, Forshey, Fourcade, Frcsed, Orcad. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: coder, cored, credo, decor, force.

-2 letters: cero, code, coed, cord, core, corf, deco, doer, dore, feod, ford, fore, froe, redo, rode.

-3 letters: cod, cor, doc, doe, dor, fed, fer, foe, for, fro, ode, orc, ore, rec, red, ref, roc, rod, roe.

-4 letters: de, do, ed, ef, er, od, oe, of, or, re.

+1 letter: cornfed, deforce, defrock, frocked.

+2 letters: codifier, coffered, confider, defector, deforced, deforces, defrocks, enforced, factored, forcedly, foredeck, frescoed, frounced, recodify, unforced.

+3 letters: codifiers, cofferdam, cofounder, coiffured, comforted, conferred, confiders, confirmed, conformed, cornfield, defectors, deflector, deforcing, defrocked, foredecks, frolicked, officered, refocused, scorified, unfrocked.

+4 letters: centerfold, cofeatured, cofferdams, cofounders, coinferred, confederal, configured, confounder, confronted, copurified, cornfields, defalcator, deflectors, defrocking, disfrocked, factorized, fluoresced, forecaddie, forecasted, foreclosed, forelocked, fornicated, fractioned, fricandoes, prefocused, recodified, recodifies, reenforced, refocussed, reinforced, undercroft, unenforced.