enforce
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
ensure observance of laws and rules
Apply the rules to everyone
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- exempt antonym
- enforcement derivation
- enforcer derivation
- applicative derivation
Sense 2 verb
compel to behave in a certain way
Social relations impose courtesy
Types & categories
- oblige hypernym
Related & opposite
- enforcement derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | exempt |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | enforcement |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | enforcer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | applicative |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | oblige |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | execute |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | execute |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | enforcement |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | oblige |