verb🔗ShareTo restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb."The bully tried to coerce the younger student into giving him his lunch money. "lawpolicegovernmentpoliticsrightactiontoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will."The bully tried to coerce the younger student into giving him his lunch money. "actionlawpoliceinhumanstategovernmentpoliticsmoralsocietywartoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type."The spreadsheet program will often coerce a number you type into a cell formatted as text, treating it as a string rather than a value for calculations. "computingtoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
