English Online Dictionary. What means enforcement? What does enforcement mean?
English
Etymology
From Old French enforcement, see enforce + -ment.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈfɔːsm(ə)nt/, /ɛn-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈfoɹsm(ə)nt/, /ɛn-/
- Hyphenation: en‧force‧ment
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.
Alternative forms
- inforcement (archaic)
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References
Further reading
- enforcement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Enforcement”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “enforcement”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “enforcement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “enforcement”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “enforcement”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.