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Meanings of forcing in English
Portuguese
forçamento Spanish
forzado sin ramificaciones Technique invented by Paul Cohen for proving consistency and independence results.
Related terms
In baseball, when a runner is forced to vacate his base—and try to advance—because the batter became a runner.
Synonyms
Examples for "force play"
Examples for "force play"
1
Adcock put down a sacrifice, advancing Mathews, who scored on Bobby Avila's force play.
2
A criticism of Gerrard -and often a valid one -is that he often tries to force play.
3
First, he bounced into a double play, only to follow up by hitting into a force play while each pitcher tossed zeroes at the other.
4
Psychological forces played a part in the breakdown and break-up of Roman civilization.
5
In these purposes living, not mechanical, forces play a major part.
1
Kabila wants the entire force out by the end of next year.
2
He wants the entire force out by the end of next year.
3
CII decided that such policies could force out too many qualified directors.
4
The legislation would allow for exclusion orders to force out such individuals.
5
Hippo laughed, but Harold could do nothing but force out a smile.
1
The air force in Europe was hundreds of thousands strong back then.
2
The new Treasury rule, issued last year, comes into force in May.
3
Finance ministry officials said the budget might come into force in March.
4
Population is the most untameable force in the political and social world.
5
The new rules are set to come into force in January 2018.
Usage of forcing in English
1
One case sparked national outrage, forcing the government to recognize DGCIM abuse.
2
I know you don't have a problem forcing people into your service.
3
A slow-growing home market is forcing them to look abroad for growth.
4
They look capable of forcing the issue but only to a point.
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Neither will forcing users to click yes in order to sign up.
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Inflation remains above target, forcing the central bank to raise interest rates.
7
Boulders forcing twelve million gallons of racing water through a three-foot gap.
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The pandemic is forcing organisations to adapt to new ways of working.
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She surged forward, forcing her way past the man blocking her way.
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Order, in this context, just means forcing chaos back where it belongs.
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It has previously said forcing it to remove data amounts to censorship.
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Gunfire could be heard in several areas, forcing residents to stay indoors.
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They include forcing banks to separate their deposit-taking and retail investment businesses.
14
Society seems to be forcing women to do things a certain way.
15
As tempting as forcing the issue might be, I couldn't risk it.
16
We have the State forcing businesses to close, on threat of prosecution.
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New Zealand
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Australia
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South Africa
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