Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coerce

/koʊˈɝs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: co-erce
IPA: /koʊˈɝs/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

Transitive verb

verb

To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.

Transitive verb

verb

To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"They coerced their children into going to the country park."
"A woman who freely engages in any of these activities, or who rejects anti-porn dogma, is thought to be coerced, brainwashed, an apologist of the patriarchy or a "social man." A woman who agrees that she has been coerced into one of these activities will be honored by anti-porners. The opinions of the rest of us are routinely discounted."

Etymology

From Latin coërceō (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arceō (“to inclose, confine, keep off”).

Word Breakdown

Root: *h₂erk-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /koʊˈɝs/
British English: /kəʊˈɜːs/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

coerces (present, singular) coercing (participle, present) coerced (participle, past) coerced (past)

Derived Forms

coercee coercement coercer coercible coercion coercive

Synonyms

hustle compel bully dragoon bludgeon hale squeeze pressure force

Rhymes With

worse nurse reverse diverse verse curse purse adverse inverse disperse transverse perverse

Questions

How do you pronounce coerce?: The recorded pronunciation is /koʊˈɝs/.
What does coerce mean?: To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
Where does coerce come from?: From Latin coërceō (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arceō (“to inclose, confine, keep off”).

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