Forcing - what is it? As a rule, this book word is associated with a military theme. But he has other uses. For example, such as technique, chess, singing. More about what it is to force will be described in the article.
Let's turn to the dictionary
There you can find many meanings of the word being studied. Among them there are such as enhancing, accelerating, giving impetus to the development, flow of processes at an accelerated pace.
- Example 1: A daughter always listened to her mother’s opinion, especially when she warned her against hasty marriage. “In this matter, forcing events means greatly risking your future fate,” Elena Evgenievna instructively said. ”
- Example 2: “Despite the fact that the Siberian football team needed to score one more goal, they preferred not to force events and attacked more positionally.”
Further, other interpretations of the word under study will be considered.
In music and technology
In music - to increase the strength of the sound of the voice, which is done during singing, recitation.
- Example: “In general, the teacher approved the student’s singing, praised her pleasant soprano, but still could not resist the remark that in the upper notes she greatly forces her voice.”
Forcing in the technique means increasing the power of an engine or other mechanism.
- Example: “The drivers were very embittered by the heat and hard road, therefore, despite the often encountered humps and potholes, they did not stand on ceremony with a live load, clogged tightly into the hot iron bodies, and forced the motors.”
The military
This means overcoming milestones, which are an obstacle to the passage of formations, which is defended by the enemy. For example, to force the river - this means to make the passage through it, simultaneously conducting military operations. You can also force the pass or gorge. The first is a depression located in the crest of a mountain range or ridge, being the site of the most convenient and easy transition between mountain valleys. And the second is the passage between the hills.
- Example 1: “During the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet Army gained great experience, as it had to force many large and small rivers. This experience revealed the complexity of the actions when taking the opposite shore, defended by the enemy, as well as a number of features that distinguish this fight from the usual offensive battle. "
- Example 2: “It was surprising for Samoilov that those peasants whom he had scornfully looked at yesterday, rushed forward without fear, crossed the valley on the move and soon fixed themselves on a hill.”
In chess
To force events there means to produce a series of moves that force the enemy to react to them only in a certain way, so that a certain position is reached. It can be, for example, checkmate, eternal check, pat.
- Example: “In the dictionary of chess terms it is indicated that“ forcing ”is the same as“ forcing ”. The forced option is the obligatory option - sometimes for some one opponent, sometimes for both at once. Avoiding this option is fraught with unpleasant consequences. You can force the gain of one pawn, the game, the transition to the endgame, a draw, etc. ”
Next, synonyms for the word “force” will be studied.
Synonyms
These include such as:
- enhance;
- to speed up;
- speed up;
- to gass;
- overcome;
- to advance;
- to overpower;
- to overcome;
- deal;
- to overcome;
- rush;
- zoom in;
- go over;
- motivate;
- to customize;
- to intensify;
- give an impulse;
- catalyze;
- step up;
- to revive;
- stimulate;
- pour in a fresh stream;
- breathe life;
- to excite;
- to disperse;
- to influence.
Perhaps this number of words close in meaning is enough, but if you wish, you can show your imagination and pick up a few more options.
Origin of the word
According to the etymological dictionary, the lexeme under study has its roots in the Old Latin language, which is also known as the “old Italian”, in which Bible translations are made, it existed even before the Vulgate.
There existed the adjective forctus, from which another adjective fortis was formed in Latin, meaning "firm, strong, powerful." In the Late Latin, the adjective fortia came from him - “strong”.
As etymological scientists suggest, in the vulgar Latin (Latin) the verb fortiare was formed from the indicated adjective, the meaning of which is “to force, to force, to take by force”. The French verb forcer in the same meaning originates from it.
There is a possibility that the word under study goes back to the pre-Indo-European adjective bheregh, which translates as “sublime, high”, which researchers compare with the Sanskrit verb brmhati, meaning “strengthens” and the Old High German berg - “mountain”.
In Russian, the verb “force” appeared during the time of Peter I, being borrowed in the 17th century through the German verb forcieren from French. There is another opinion, according to which this word was transferred to the Russian language from French directly.