perforce

/pə'fɔ:s/

Thân thiện

He must perforce accept the terms of the agreement.

Definition

Adverb 1. By necessity; because it is or was unavoidable or compelled: Used to indicate that something happens or must happen due to circumstances that force it, not by choice.

Usage

"Perforce" is a formal adverb used to describe an action taken or a situation that exists because of necessity or external compulsion. It often implies a lack of alternatives.

Examples

• The road was closed, so we perforce took a long detour.
• As the last remaining member, she perforce assumed leadership of the group.
• The evidence is circumstantial; the jury must perforce consider it carefully.

Advanced Usage

• In legal or formal writing: "The contract, having been breached, is perforce terminated."
• To convey inevitability in analysis: "Any historical account is perforce an interpretation."

Variants and Related Words

• Perforce functions solely as an adverb. There is no direct adjective or noun form of the word itself.
• Necessarily (adv.): As a necessary result; inevitably. (A more common synonym).
• Of necessity (phrase): Because it is necessary.

Synonyms

• Necessarily
• Inevitably
• Unavoidably
• Compulsorily
• Willy-nilly

Antonyms

• Voluntarily
• Optionally
• Willingly
• By choice

Học thuật

Adverb

1. by necessity; by force of circumstance