enforcement
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French enforcement, see enforce + -ment.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈfoɹs.mənt/,[1] /ɛn-/[2][3][4]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
enforcement (usually uncountable, plural enforcements)
- The act of enforcing; compulsion.
- A giving force to; a putting in execution.
- That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.
Derived terms
Translations
act of enforcing; compulsion
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giving force to; a putting in execution
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that which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied
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See also
References
- “enforcement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “enforcement”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- ^ “enforcement”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ^ “enforcement”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.