enforcement

== 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) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === 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 Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “enforcement”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], 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.