zwingen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- coerce verb To force someone into doing something, using pressure, threats, or intimidation.
- compel verb To force or pressure someone into doing something.
- drive verb To operate and steer a motor vehicle.
- force noun Strength or power exerted to move, influence, or affect something.
- necessitate verb To make something needed, so that it has to happen.
Senses
zwingen is used for these senses in English:
- compel (transitive) To force, constrain, or coerce.
- drive (transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
- force (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
- force (archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
- necessitate (transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about. [from early 17th c.]
- press-gang (transitive) To coerce (somebody) into doing something that they are reluctant to do.
coerce — full definition
- verb To force someone into doing something, using pressure, threats, or intimidation.
- verb In computing, to force a value to convert from one data type to another.
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