enforce B2 Topic:Law & Government Also spelled inforce US /ɪnˈfoɹs/ UK /ɪnˈfɔːs/ See IPA manual Freq #14317 Meanings 1 verb To make sure a law, rule, or agreement is obeyed. The police are there to enforce the law. 2 verb To force someone to do something or make something happen. The new manager enforced strict deadlines on the whole team. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 verb · to force someone to do... compel Word family Forms enforcedenforcesenforcinginforced Derived forms enforceabilityenforceableenforcedlyenforcementenforcerenforcinglyenforcivemisenforcenonenforcednonenforcingre-enforcereenforce Common collocations enforce a law Verb + noun enforce a rule Verb + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English enforcen, from Old French enforcier, from Late Latin infortiāre, from in- + fortis (“strong”). enforcen Middle English enforcier Old French infortiāre la-lat View etymology graph -> Topics Law & Government Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # enforce **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ɪnˈfoɹs/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈfɔːs/ **Frequency rank:** 14317 ## Meanings 1. To make sure a law, rule, or agreement is obeyed. 2. To force someone to do something or make something happen. ## Examples - The police are there to enforce the law. - The new manager enforced strict deadlines on the whole team. ## Derived Forms - enforceability - enforceable - enforcedly - enforcement - enforcer - enforcingly - enforcive - misenforce - nonenforced - nonenforcing - re-enforce - reenforce ## Roots and Affixes - Root: enforcen - Root: enforcier - Root: infortiāre ## Etymology From Middle English enforcen, from Old French enforcier, from Late Latin infortiāre, from in- + fortis (“strong”). ## AI Etymology Enforce comes from Middle English enforcen, from Old French enforcier, from Late Latin infortiāre, from in- + fortis (“strong”). In current use, the main senses are “To make sure a law, rule, or agreement is obeyed” and “To force someone to do something or make something happen”. ## Topics - Law & Government - Actions & Processes markdown