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tvinga — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • compel verb To force or pressure someone into doing something.
  • force noun Strength or power exerted to move, influence, or affect something.
  • shoehorn noun A smooth, curved tool used to help slide your heel into a shoe.
  • wring verb To twist and squeeze something, especially wet fabric, to force liquid out of it.

Senses

tvinga is used for these senses in English:

  • compel (transitive) To force, constrain, or coerce.
  • shoehorn (transitive, figuratively) To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.
  • wring To obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force.

force — full definition

  1. noun Strength or power exerted to move, influence, or affect something.
  2. noun In physics, a push or pull on an object, measured in newtons.
  3. noun An organized group, especially military or police, with a command structure.
  4. verb To make someone do something against their will, or to make something happen through effort or pressure.
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