erzwingen — meaning in English

English meaning

• coerce verb To force someone into doing something, using pressure, threats, or intimidation.
• exact adjective Perfectly accurate or precise; matching a standard or fact exactly, with nothing added or missing.
• force noun Strength or power exerted to move, influence, or affect something.

Senses

erzwingen is used for these senses in English:

• coerce (transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
• coerce (transitive, computing) To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.
• exact (transitive) To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.
• force (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.

coerce — full definition

1. verb To force someone into doing something, using pressure, threats, or intimidation.
2. verb In computing, to force a value to convert from one data type to another.

exact — full definition

1. adjective Perfectly accurate or precise; matching a standard or fact exactly, with nothing added or missing.
2. adjective Careful and precise by habit; strict about following rules or keeping promises.
3. verb To demand and enforce payment or compliance, sometimes forcefully.
4. verb To make something necessary or unavoidable.

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