enforce
verb IELTS
- English meaning
- To make sure that people obey a law or rule.
- Example
Police enforce speed limits with cameras.
- Common collocations
- enforce the law; strictly enforced; enforce a rule
- Word family
- enforcement, enforceable
- Academic Word List · Sublist 5
Translation
- 한국어시행하다, 집행하다
- 中文执行，实施
- 日本語施行する
- ไทยบังคับใช้
- Bahasa Indonesiamenegakkan
- Tiếng Việtthi hành
- Русскийобеспечивать соблюдение
- हिन्दीलागू करना
Entries marked AWL come from the Academic Word List (Coxhead, 2000), a widely used list of words that appear often in university texts. Definitions, examples and translations are written by AUSLEX.
Meanings and translations are AUSLEX editorial drafts. Usage can vary by region, age and situation.