強いる — meaning in English

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.
• force noun Strength or power exerted to move, influence, or affect something.
• impose verb To officially establish or enforce a rule, tax, or penalty.
• reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.

Senses

強いる is used for these senses in English:

• compel (transitive) To force, constrain, or coerce.
• impose To apply, enforce, or establish (something, often regarded as burdensome as a restriction or tax: see sense 1.2.1) with authority.
• reduce (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.

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.

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