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History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.
B. R. Ambedkar

Meaning of "compel" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COMPEL

From Latin compellere to drive together, from com- together + pellere to drive.
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PRONUNCIATION OF COMPEL

compel  [kəmˈpɛl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMPEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Compel is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb compel in English.

WHAT DOES COMPEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Compel

To compel one to present information to a jury is done by order of a judge. If a judge believes the individual has information relevant to the cause, he can "force" that person to present that information or be subject to arrest for contempt of court.

Definition of compel in the English dictionary

The first definition of compel in the dictionary is to cause by force. Other definition of compel is to obtain by force; exact. Compel is also to overpower or subdue.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO COMPEL

PRESENT

Present
I compel
you compel
he/she/it compels
we compel
you compel
they compel
Present continuous
I am compelling
you are compelling
he/she/it is compelling
we are compelling
you are compelling
they are compelling
Present perfect
I have compelled
you have compelled
he/she/it has compelled
we have compelled
you have compelled
they have compelled
Present perfect continuous
I have been compelling
you have been compelling
he/she/it has been compelling
we have been compelling
you have been compelling
they have been compelling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I compelled
you compelled
he/she/it compelled
we compelled
you compelled
they compelled
Past continuous
I was compelling
you were compelling
he/she/it was compelling
we were compelling
you were compelling
they were compelling
Past perfect
I had compelled
you had compelled
he/she/it had compelled
we had compelled
you had compelled
they had compelled
Past perfect continuous
I had been compelling
you had been compelling
he/she/it had been compelling
we had been compelling
you had been compelling
they had been compelling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will compel
you will compel
he/she/it will compel
we will compel
you will compel
they will compel
Future continuous
I will be compelling
you will be compelling
he/she/it will be compelling
we will be compelling
you will be compelling
they will be compelling
Future perfect
I will have compelled
you will have compelled
he/she/it will have compelled
we will have compelled
you will have compelled
they will have compelled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been compelling
you will have been compelling
he/she/it will have been compelling
we will have been compelling
you will have been compelling
they will have been compelling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would compel
you would compel
he/she/it would compel
we would compel
you would compel
they would compel
Conditional continuous
I would be compelling
you would be compelling
he/she/it would be compelling
we would be compelling
you would be compelling
they would be compelling
Conditional perfect
I would have compel
you would have compel
he/she/it would have compel
we would have compel
you would have compel
they would have compel
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been compelling
you would have been compelling
he/she/it would have been compelling
we would have been compelling
you would have been compelling
they would have been compelling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you compel
we let´s compel
you compel
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to compel
Past participle
compelled
Present Participle
compelling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMPEL


appel
əˈpɛl
dispel
dɪˈspɛl
expel
ɪkˈspɛl
impel
ɪmˈpɛl
lapel
ləˈpɛl
misspell
ˌmɪsˈspɛl
outspell
ˌaʊtˈspɛl
propel
prəˈpɛl
rappel
ræˈpɛl
reexpel
ˌriːɪkˈspɛl
repel
rɪˈpɛl
sapropel
ˈsæprəˌpɛl
spell
spɛl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMPEL

compear
compearance
compearant
compeer
compellable
compellably
compellation
compellative
compelled
compeller
compelling
compellingly
compend
compendia
compendious
compendiously
compendiousness
compendium
compensability
compensable

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMPEL

antechapel
carpel
chapel
Coypel
cupel
drupel
estoppel
father of the chapel
gospel
graupel
Lady Chapel
langspel
mother of the chapel
prosperity gospel
scalpel
Sistine Chapel
stipel
Whitechapel

Synonyms and antonyms of compel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «COMPEL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «compel» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of compel

Translation of «compel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMPEL

Find out the translation of compel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of compel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «compel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

迫使
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

obligar
570 millions of speakers

English

compel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मजबूर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إجبار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заставить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

obrigar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাধ্য করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contraindre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memaksa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zwingen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

強いる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

강요하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngguyu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

buộc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கட்டாயப்படுத்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सक्ती करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zorlamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

obbligare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zmusić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

змусити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

obliga
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποχρεώσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dwing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tvinga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tvinge
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of compel

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPEL»

The term «compel» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.623 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPEL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «compel» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «compel» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about compel

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «COMPEL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word compel.
1
Spencer Abraham
If you had a national grid with one operator, you had twenty or even a hundred operators, if you don't have the ability to compel people to observe high standards of conduct, then you run a greater risk.
2
B. R. Ambedkar
History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.
3
Bruce Barton
It would do the world good if every man would compel himself occasionally to be absolutely alone. Most of the world s progress has come out of such loneliness.
4
Anne F. Beiler
It's so important for business leaders to discover what their purpose is. In the days when the business seems overwhelming, or you aren't certain you can continue, it is your purpose that will compel you to push through.
5
Francesca Lia Block
I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.
6
Billie Burke
There is no reason why marriage should necessarily compel an actress to forego her career.
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Tom Chatfield
I love video games. I'm also slightly in awe of them. I'm in awe of their power in terms of imagination, in terms of technology, in terms of concept. But I think, above all, I'm in awe at their power to motivate, to compel us, to transfix us, like really nothing else we've ever invented has quite done before.
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Josephus Daniels
To compel the nation with challenge the traditional American doctrine of freedom of the seas, every man and every ship in the navy is solemnly pledged.
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Henry B. Eyring
We are spirit children of a loving Heavenly Father who placed us in mortality to see if we would choose - freely choose - to keep His commandments and come unto His Beloved Son. They do not compel us. They cannot, for that would interfere with the plan of happiness. And so there is in us a God-given desire to be responsible for our own choices.
10
Gordon B. Hinckley
Some husbands regard it as their prerogative to compel their wives to fit their standards of what they think to be the ideal.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPEL»

Discover the use of compel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to compel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Compel: How to Get Others in Your Organization to Think and ...
Read this book and you'll see what it looks like on paper. In years past, Bob and I have shared the podium, coauthored a handbook, laughed hard, and had great fun working together.
Robert D. Gilbreath, 2007
2
Compel Them to Come in: Reaching People with Disabilities ...
At the heart of the book is the premise that every person, regardless of their condition or disability deserves a presentation of the gospel at their level of understanding.
Inc. Special Touch Ministry, 2010
3
California Civil Litigation
CHALLENGES TO RESPONSES motion to compel further answers Motion for order requiring respondent to provide additional answers to discovery. meet and confer Statutory requirement that counsel attempt to resolve discovery disputes ...
Susan Burnett Luten, 2008
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The Stars Compel
Reprint. Set in Renaissance Florence and Rome, this fantasy retelling of the life of Catherine de' Medici is as beautiful and as richly magical as the works of the great artists who people its pages.
Michaela Roessner, 2000
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A philosophical commentary on these words of the Gospel, ...
The Liberty Fund edition reprints that translation, carefully checked against the French and corrected, with an introduction and annotations designed to make Bayle's arguments accessible to the twenty-first-century reader.
Pierre Bayle, John Kilcullen, Chandran Kukathas, 2005
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Desk Book ... Complete Index of All L.R.A. Notes
Generally. Efl'ect of existence of other remedy on right to mandam s to compel issuance of bonds of municipality or other public corporation. L.R.A.19180, 414. When writ could be immediately rendered nugatory by taking new action avoiding ...
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Notes on the United States reports: a brief chronological ...
Mandamus lies to compel railroad to maintain continuous line according to charter, p. 409. Mandamus lies to compel corporation to build bridge according to statutory requirement, p. 499. See 37 Am. St Rep. 321, note. Mandamus does not lie ...
Walter Malins Rose, William Angus Sutherland, Charles Lawrence Thompson, 1901
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Dresden Files Rpg: Core Rulebook - Your Story
Well, three things. one, a tag is an invoke, not a compel, though your gm might be fine with it as a “tag for effect” thing. two, we figured on the example being clearer if we didn't bring tags into it. three, maybe the tag was already used or expired.
Leonard Balsera, Jim Butcher, Fred Hicks, 2010
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A Legal Strategist's Guide to Trademark Trial and Appeal ...
Motion to Compel Discovery A party may file a motion to compel discovery where its adversary fails to provide discovery requested by means of discovery depositions, interrogatories, and requests for production of documents and things .230 A ...
Jonathan Hudis, 2010
10
The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General ...
The following are additional recent cases: State v. Kenny, 45 N. J. L. 251; Lewis v . Whittle, 77 Va. 415. Mandamus to Public Officers. — A very important function of the writ of mandamus is to compel public officers to perform their official duties.
Bancroft-Whitney Company, John Proffatt, Abraham Clark Freeman, 1887

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMPEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term compel is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bill Cosby accuser: 'At last we are being validated'
The records were made public after The Associated Press went to court to compel their release. More than 25 women have publicly accused ... «Local 10, Jul 15»
2
Windsor: Harbaugh interesting to watch — even in summer
This also tells us no one can compel him into something if he isn't feeling it. That characteristic, of course, can be compelling. We'd all like to be ... «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»
3
Obama Admin Fears Iran Deal Could Give Tehran Billions for Terror
“The sanctions were put in place to compel Iran to curtail its nuclear program. If Iran complies, the sanctions will be relaxed. What is the ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
4
CA rules to compel firms to take local domains
Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) is working on regulations that will require companies with operations in the country adopt local ... «K24 TV, Jul 15»
5
Supreme Court judges compel authorities to get tougher on …
In public interest litigation, India's Supreme Court has ordered the federal government and its state counterparts to take tougher steps to curb ... «FoodNavigator-Asia.com, Jul 15»
6
Kabul unhappy over Pakistan failure to compel Taliban to end …
Kabul is particularly unhappy over Pakistan's failure to compel the Taliban to end over a decade of militancy in the country. Our Islamabad ... «Press TV, Jul 15»
7
Boycott campaign in Sudan targets telecom companies to compel
July 3, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese Telecom companies are expected to face real challenge after a boycott campaign targeting them was ... «Sudan Tribune, Jul 15»
8
Arbitration fireworks: three federal Circuits refuse to compel arbitration
Three federal appellate courts recently affirmed lower courts' refusal to compel arbitration. These cases show that the federal policy favoring ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
9
Mortgagors call for law to compel banks to refund overpaid interest
Activists of the Franak association of debtors with mortgages pegged to the Swiss franc hope that amendments to the Consumer Protection Act ... «Dalje.com, Jul 15»
10
Belle Gibson: court asked to compel her to assist with consumer …
Consumer Affairs Victoria has taken legal steps to compel the disgraced wellness blogger Belle Gibson to answer questions about her ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Compel [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/compel>. Apr 2024 ».
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