VERB | social | enforce, implement, apply | ensure observance of laws and rules |
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social | enforce, impose, constrain | compel to behave in a certain way |
Sounds | ehnfao'rs | |
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Rhymes | airforce ... workhorse: 29 rhymes with aors... |
Meaning | ensure observance of laws and rules. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | implement, apply | |
Narrower | execute | carry out the legalities of |
run, execute | carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine | |
Broader | compel, oblige, obligate | Force somebody to do something |
Opposite | exempt, relieve, free | grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to |
Spanish | aplicar, imponer | |
Catalan | aplicar | |
Nouns | enforcement | the act of enforcing |
enforcer | one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior |
Meaning | compel to behave in a certain way. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | impose, constrain | |
Broader | compel, oblige, obligate | Force somebody to do something |
Spanish | imponer | |
Catalan | imposar | |
Nouns | enforcement | the act of enforcing |
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