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forced

(fôrst)

adj.

1. Imposed by force; involuntary: was condemned to a life of forced labor; a plane that made a forced landing.

2. Produced under strain; not spontaneous: forced laughter.

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forced

(fɔːst)

adj

1. done because of force; compulsory: forced labour.

2. false or unnatural: a forced smile.

3. due to an emergency or necessity: a forced landing.

4. (General Physics) physics caused by an external agency: a forced vibration; a forced draught.

forcedly adv

ˈforcedness n

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forced

(fɔrst, foʊrst)

adj.

1. enforced or compulsory: forced labor.

2. strained, unnatural, or affected: a forced laugh.

3. subjected to force.

4. required by circumstances; emergency: a forced landing of an airplane.

[1540–50]

forc•ed•ly (ˈfɔr sɪd li, ˈfoʊr-) adv.

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Adj.	1.	forced - produced by or subjected to forcing; "forced-air heating"; "furnaces of the forced-convection type"; "forced convection in plasma generators"
	2.	forced - forced or compelled; "promised to abolish forced labor" involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary - not subject to the control of the will; "involuntary manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy
	3.	forced - made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing" unscheduled - not scheduled or not on a regular schedule; "an unscheduled meeting"; "the plane made an unscheduled stop at Gander for refueling"
	4.	forced - lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile" constrained, strained affected, unnatural - speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

forced

adjective

1. compulsory, enforced, slave, unwilling, mandatory, obligatory, involuntary, conscripted a system of forced labour
compulsory voluntary, spontaneous

2. false, affected, strained, wooden, stiff, artificial, contrived, unnatural, insincere, laboured a forced smile
false easy, simple, natural, sincere, spontaneous, unforced, unpretending

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forced

adjective

1. Done under force:

compulsory.

2. Not natural or spontaneous:

contrived, effortful, labored, strained.

Translations

قَسْري، متْعِب جِدا، حَثيث

usilovný

tvungen

erzwungen

forzoso forzado

áreynslumikill, erfiîur

forzato costretto

anstrengt

вынужденный подневольный

vynútený

zorunlu

竭力的

forced

[fɔːst]

A. ADJ

1. (= obligatory) [march] → forzado; [repatriation] → forzoso; [marriage] → forzado, por la fuerza

2. (= from necessity) [landing] → forzoso

3. (= contrived, strained) [smile] → forzado
to sound forced → parecer forzado

4. (Hort, Agr) [vegetable, fruit] → de crecimiento acelerado
forced lettuces → lechugas fpl de crecimiento acelerado

B. CPD forced entry N (Jur) → allanamiento m de morada
there was no sign of forced entry → no había señales de que hubieran forzado la entrada
forced labour N → trabajos mpl forzados

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forced

[ˈfɔː^rst] adj

[labour] → forcé(e)

[landing] → forcé(e)

(= unnatural) → forcé(e)force-feed [ˌfɔː^rsˈfiːd] vt

[+ prisoner] → nourrir de force

[+ duck, goose] → gaver

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forced

adj

(= imposed) → Zwangs-; repatriation → gewaltsam; marriage, resignation, withdrawal → erzwungen; forced sale → Zwangsverkauf m; (= auction) → Zwangsversteigerung f

(= contrived) smile, laughter, conversation, wording → gezwungen; behaviour → gekünstelt; to sound forced → sich gezwungen or unnatürlich anhören

plant → getrieben

forced

forced entry

n (= break-in) → Einbruch m

forced labour, (US) forced labor

n → Zwangsarbeit f

forced landing

n (Aviat) → Notlandung f

forced loan

n → Zwangsanleihe f

forced march

n (Mil) → Gewaltmarsch m

forced saving

n → Zwangssparen nt

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forced

[fɔːst] adj (labour, marriage) → forzato/a

force

(foːs) noun

1. strength or power that can be felt. the force of the wind.

2. a person or thing that has great power. the forces of Nature.

3. (sometimes with capital) a group of men prepared for action. the police force; the Royal Air Force.

verb

1. to make (someone or something) do something, go somewhere etc, often against his etc will. He forced me to give him money.

2. to achieve by strength or effort. He forced a smile despite his grief.

forced adjective

done with great effort. a forced march.

ˈforceful adjective

powerful. a forceful argument.

ˈforcefully adverb

ˈforces noun plural

the army, navy and air force considered together. The Forces played a large part in the parade.

in/into force

in or into operation; working or effective. The new law is now in force.

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While the rusty old knight was forced to climb a high tree, where he sat insecurely perched among the branches, feebly cursing the party as it departed.

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"The love is not the sort your worship is thinking of," said the galley slave; "mine was that I loved a washerwoman's basket of clean linen so well, and held it so close in my embrace, that if the arm of the law had not forced it from me, I should never have let it go of my own will to this moment; I was caught in the act, there was no occasion for torture, the case was settled, they treated me to a hundred lashes on the back, and three years of gurapas besides, and that was the end of it."

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Driven from Holborn for the twentieth time, he rode at the head of a great crowd straight upon Saint Paul's, attacked a guard of soldiers who kept watch over a body of prisoners within the iron railings, forced them to retreat, rescued the men they had in custody, and with this accession to his party, came back again, mad with liquor and excitement, and hallooing them on like a demon.

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I will not blame the course taken by the king, because, wishing to get a foothold in Italy, and having no friends there--seeing rather that every door was shut to him owing to the conduct of Charles--he was forced to accept those friendships which he could get, and he would have succeeded very quickly in his design if in other matters he had not made some mistakes.

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For two days they labored to tear a way through to their imprisoned friends; but when, after Herculean efforts, they had unearthed but a few yards of the choked passage, and discovered the mangled remains of one of their fellows they were forced to the conclusion that Tarzan and the second Waziri also lay dead beneath the rock mass farther in, beyond human aid, and no longer susceptible of it.

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After having returned him thanks, I continued my way, and in crossing a desert two days' journey over, was in great danger of my life, for, as I lay on the ground, I perceived myself seized with a pain which forced me to rise, and saw about four yards from me one of those serpents that dart their poison at a distance; although I rose before he came very near me, I yet felt the effects of his poisonous breath, and, if I had lain a little longer, had certainly died; I had recourse to bezoar, a sovereign remedy against these poisons, which I always carried about me.