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- pronunciation:
- k
 m
pel
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Grammatical Patterns, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
compels, compelling, compelled |
| definition 1: |
to force or drive to some action or attitude; pressure.
The customer's violent behavior compelled the store manager to call the police.[verb + smby/smth + infinitive
]
A terrible sense of guilt compelled him to confess.[verb + smby/smth + infinitive
]
- synonyms:
- coerce, constrain, force, impel, pressure, push, urge
- similar words:
- bend, conscript, drive, hustle, make, press, press, shove, strong-arm
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| definition 2: |
to make necessary; exact.
The food shortage compelled strict rationing.- synonyms:
- exact, necessitate, require
- similar words:
- cause, demand, insist, make
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| related words: |
activate, actuate, bulldoze, coerce, crowd, exact, impose, mandate, mesmerize, oblige, push, require, rout |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to affect or influence forcefully.
- synonyms:
- boss, press
- similar words:
- drive, hustle, push, shove
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adverb + (v.)compel
emotionally, equally, last, legally, morally, nonetheless, oddly, strangely, sufficiently, visually
(v.)compel
+ adverb
per
(v.)compel
+ noun
admiration, arbitration, attendance, cleanup, compliance, confession, disclosure, dragon, injunction, missionary, obedience, reader, self-incrimination, testimony, viewer, withdrawal, witness
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| derivations: |
compellable (adj.), compellably (adv.), compeller (n.) |
The word compel
contains the following parts:
com-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix com-
attaches to Latin bases beginning with m, p, or b. It has multiple forms, as the 'm' sound in com-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms col-, con-, cor-, and co-. Note: com-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " commemorate
" and " command
."
Example words:
accomplish, combat, combine, commerce, commercial, commingle, commission, commissioner, commit, comparison, complex, comport, comprehend, incomprehensible, command, commemorate, commute, compare, compel, complacent, complete, complement, complicate, compliment, compose, component, compound1, compulsory, compulsive, computer, compute
- synonyms:
- syn-
pel, puls
Latin
root
that means drive, push
Example words:
compel, compulsion, compulsive, compulsory, dispel, expel, expulsion, impel, interpellate, propel, repel, repulse
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