| word | enforce |
|---|---|
| definition | verb If people in authority enforce a law or a rule, they make sure that it is obeyed, usually by punishing people who do not obey it. One of the beat officer's duties was to help the council to enforce the ban. The measures are being enforced by Interior Ministry troops. To enforce something means to force or cause it to be done or to happen . They struggled to limit the cost by enforcing a low-tech specification. David is now living in Beirut again after an enforced absence. |
| inflections | enforcesenforcingenforced |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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