What does forced mean?

Definitions for forced
fɔrst, foʊrstforced

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. forcedadjective

    produced by or subjected to forcing

    "forced-air heating"; "furnaces of the forced-convection type"; "forced convection in plasma generators"

  2. forcedadjective

    forced or compelled

    "promised to abolish forced labor"

  3. forcedadjective

    made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency

    "a forced landing"

  4. constrained, forced, strainedadjective

    lacking spontaneity; not natural

    "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile"

Wiktionary

  1. forcedadjective

    obtained forcefully, not naturally

    Her forced smile was harder and harder to keep as her critical father kept on complaining about her.

  2. forcedadjective

    opened or accessed using force

Wikipedia

  1. Forced

    Forced is a single-player and co-op action role-playing game developed by BetaDwarf, released in October 2013 for Windows, OS X and Linux through the Steam platform as well as Wii U. It is about gladiators fighting for their freedom in a fantasy arena where they are assisted by a spirit-like character called Balfus. Gameplay consists of selecting a weapon class and abilities to combat the various enemies of each arena, while solving puzzles using the help of Balfus. BetaDwarf was formed by a small group of students in 2011, who began developing the game in an unused classroom in Aalborg University – Copenhagen, Denmark. They were removed months later and launched a successful Kickstarter campaign involving an Imgur picture which documented their progress. Forced received moderate to favorable reviews with most critics praising its competitive gameplay and puzzle-system. The game's weak plot, technical glitches and excess difficulty were the negative highlights. It won the Level Up 2013 Intel award and BetaDwarf received the Danish Developer Of The Year (2013) for it.

ChatGPT

  1. forced

    Forced refers to an action or state that is imposed, required, or compelled by an external or internal condition, often against one's will. It means that something is not natural or voluntarily, but done under pressure, coercion, or necessity. This can apply to a variety of contexts including physical force, force of circumstances, or forced decisions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Forced

    of Force

  2. Forcedadjective

    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

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. forced

    Exerted to the utmost; urged; hence, strained, urged to excessive or unnatural action; as, a forced march.

Editors Contribution

  1. forced

    To do something without wanting to.


    Submitted by nick200097 on November 28, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'forced' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1364

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'forced' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2616

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of forced in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of forced in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of forced in a Sentence

  1. Dean Cain:

    I was in Armenia six weeks ago and I was producing a documentary about the Armenian genocide and doing another television show about the current refugees from Syria — the Syrian Armenians, it’s a big part of my recent life. Friends of mine made this film, and I have had a lot of Armenian friends my whole life. We have been discussing the genocide and such, and for me to be here it’s a no brainer... Hopefully a film like this will shine a large enough light that people will be forced to act.

  2. Annie Hall:

    Some people are friends, others are people you are forced to hang out with.

  3. Donald Trump:

    This has been a difficult week for the media because I forced them to travel with us all around the country and spend time with tens of thousands of proud Americans who believe in the defending our values, our culture, our borders, our civilization and our great American way of life.

  4. Geoffrey Yu:

    If you hold Swiss francs right now you do have to bear a cost. New buyers will be forced to think twice.

  5. Benson Ho:

    50 percent of the chips we use are from the U.S. because the ones made in China are very poor, so we've been forced to pay more for these, people are buying these chips like stocks, speculating the price will go up.

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Translations for forced

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  • принудителенBulgarian
  • násilný, přinucený, vynucenýCzech
  • βεβιασμένοςGreek
  • ಬಲವಂತವಾಗಿKannada
  • forçadoPortuguese
  • вынужденный, насильственный, принудительныйRussian
  • زبردستیUrdu
  • 被迫Chinese

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