enforce

Other forms of enforce

past tense

enforced·

present participle

enforcing·

third person

enforces·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about enforce

What does enforce mean?

enforce means "ensure observance of laws and rules". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in enforce?

enforce has 2 syllables: en-force. The stress falls on "force". In IPA it is /ɛnˈfɔɹs/.

What is another word for enforce?

Close synonyms include implement, apply, impose, constrain. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of enforce?

The recorded antonyms are exempt.

Is enforce a common word?

enforce is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with enforce?

4 words rhyme with enforce. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.