enforced
Definition
- Adjective:
- Made compulsory or obligatory; imposed by authority: Describes something that is required to be done or followed, often through rules, laws, or external pressure.
- Put into effect; caused to be observed or applied: Refers to a rule, law, or condition that has been actively implemented or made operative.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The company has strict enforced rules about data security. (The company has rules about data security that must be followed.)
- During the lockdown, an enforced curfew kept everyone indoors after sunset. (A curfew that was made compulsory kept everyone indoors.)
- The treaty led to enforced disarmament in the region. (The treaty resulted in disarmament that was imposed and carried out.)
Advanced Usage
- "enforced silence": A silence that is imposed or required, not voluntary.
- An enforced silence fell over the courtroom after the judge's warning.
- "enforced absence": An absence that is compulsory or mandated.
- His enforced absence from work was due to a mandatory quarantine.
Variants and Related Words
- Enforce (verb): To compel observance of or compliance with a law, rule, or obligation.
- The police enforce traffic laws.
- Enforceable (adjective): Capable of being enforced.
- The contract contains enforceable clauses.
- Enforcement (noun): The act of enforcing.
- The enforcement of the new policy begins next month.
Synonyms
- Compulsory: Required by law or a rule; obligatory.
- Mandatory: Required by law or mandate; compulsory.
- Imposed: Set or applied as a charge, burden, or obligation.
Antonyms
- Voluntary: Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
- Optional: Available to be chosen but not obligatory.
Related Phrases
- To be strictly enforced: To be applied or observed with rigor.
- Parking regulations are strictly enforced in the city center.
- Enforce the law: To ensure that laws are obeyed.
- It is the duty of the government to enforce the law.
Adjective
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forced or compelled or put in force
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a life of enforced inactivity
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enforced obedience
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