English > compel: 2 senses > verb 1, social| Meaning | Force somebody to do something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE |
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| Model | They compel him to write the letter |
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| Example | "We compel all students to fill out this form" |
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| Synonyms | oblige, obligate |
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| Cause to | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
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| Narrower | clamor | compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring |
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| coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force | To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means |
| condemn | compel or force into a particular state or activity |
| enforce, implement, apply | ensure observance of laws and rules |
| enforce, impose, constrain | compel to behave in a certain way |
| force, thrust | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably |
| shame | compel through a sense of shame |
| walk | make walk |
| Broader | induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make | Cause to do |
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| Spanish | compeler, compelir, forzar, imponer, obligar |
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| Catalan | compel·lir, obligar |
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| Nouns | compulsion | using force to cause something to occur |
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