Exacts - English meaning

verb

Give an authoritative or peremptory order.

Usage examples:

A gruff voice commanded us to enter

noun

An authoritative order.

Usage examples:

He obeyed her commands without question

verb

An authoritative direction or instruction to do something

verb

Force or oblige (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

A sense of duty compelled harry to answer her questions

verb

To force someone to do something

Usage examples:

At school, we were compelled to wear uniforms, which i hated.

verb

Compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action.

Usage examples:

Children are constrained to work in the way the book dictates

verb

To limit someone's freedom, or to limit the way something develops or grows

Usage examples:

Rising energy costs are constraining consumer and business spending.

noun

An insistent and peremptory request, made as of right.

Usage examples:

A series of demands for far-reaching reforms

verb

Ask authoritatively or brusquely.

Usage examples:

‘where is she?’ he demanded

verb

To ask for forcefully, in a way that shows that refusal is not expected and will not be accepted

Usage examples:

[ t ] the library demanded $5 for each book returned late., [ + to infinitive ] i demand to see the…

verb

Regard (something) as likely to happen.

Usage examples:

It's as well to expect the worst

verb

To think or believe that something will happen, or that someone will arrive

Usage examples:

[ t ] we are expecting about 100 people for the lecture., [ t ] his plane is expected to land at ab…

verb

Remove or take out, especially by effort or force.

Usage examples:

The fossils are extracted from the chalk

noun

A short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music.

Usage examples:

An extract from a historical film

verb

Remove, usually with some force or effort

noun

Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.

Usage examples:

He was thrown backwards by the force of the explosion

verb

Make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force.

Usage examples:

The back door of the bank was forced

noun

A waterfall.

Usage examples:

At the village of west burton, two miles distant, is a fine force

verb

Force (an unwelcome decision or ruling) on someone.

Usage examples:

The decision was theirs and was not imposed on them by others

verb

To establish something as a rule to be obeyed, or to force the acceptance of something

Usage examples:

Settlers often imposed their culture on the peoples of the countries they conquered., she’s always …

verb

To introduce a new law, tax, rule, or punishment

Usage examples:

Impose a ban/restriction/penalty on sb/sth they are calling for the regulatory body to impose a ban…

verb

Get, acquire, or secure (something).

Usage examples:

Adequate insurance cover is difficult to obtain

verb

Come into possession of

noun

An act of asking politely or formally for something.

Usage examples:

A request for information

verb

Politely or formally ask for.

Usage examples:

He received the information he had requested

noun

An act of asking for something, or the thing asked for

Usage examples:

[ c ] the library gets a lot of requests for books about new babies., [ u ] an application will be …

verb

Need for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Three patients required operations

verb

Firmly press (something soft or yielding), typically with one's fingers.

Usage examples:

Kate squeezed his hand affectionately

noun

An act of squeezing something.

Usage examples:

A gentle squeeze of the trigger

Press firmly

verb

Forcibly pull (something) from a person's grasp.

Usage examples:

Leila tried to wrest her arm from his hold

noun

A key for tuning a harp or piano.

Usage examples:

With respect to the harp, he produces the sharps, flats, quarter-notes, or any intermediate variati…

verb

To obtain something with difficulty, effort, or violence

Usage examples:

Shareholders will try to wrest control of the company from the current management.

verb

Squeeze and twist (something) to force liquid from it.

Usage examples:

She wrung the cloth out in the sink

noun

An act of squeezing or twisting something.

Usage examples:

I rinse my brush in hot water, warm water and then give it a slight "wring".

verb

To twist something by holding it tightly and turning your hands in opposite directions

Usage examples:

[ m ] she wrung out the shirt and hung it up to dry.