noun🔗ShareContrainte, coercition(not countable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing."The teacher used coercion to make the students complete their homework. "Le professeur a utilisé la contrainte pour que les élèves fassent leurs devoirs.politicsgovernmentlawpolicerightactionmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareContrainte, coercition(not countable) Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will."The employee signed the contract only because of coercion from his boss, who threatened to fire him if he didn't. "L'employé a signé le contrat uniquement en raison de la contrainte exercée par son patron, qui a menacé de le licencier s'il ne le faisait pas.politicsgovernmentlawrightmoralactionstateinhumansocietypolicevalueChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareContrainteA specific instance of coercing."The teacher's coercion of the students to finish the assignment was unfair. "La contrainte exercée par le professeur sur les élèves pour qu'ils terminent le devoir était injuste.politicsgovernmentlawpoliceactionattitudesocietymoralinhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareConversion de typeConversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type."The program performed a coercion of the student's age from a text string to an integer. "Le programme a effectué une conversion de type de l'âge de l'étudiant, d'une chaîne de texte à un entier.computingtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLa réinterprétation, la réanalyseThe process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context."The coercion of the word "run" in the sentence "The store ran out of milk" is different from the coercion of "run" in "He ran quickly." "La réinterprétation du mot « run » dans la phrase « The store ran out of milk » est différente de la réinterprétation de « run » dans « He ran quickly ».linguisticsgrammarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
