forcedforced /fɔːst $ fɔːrst/ adjective 
‘Oh, hello,’ said Eileen, with forced brightness.2[only before noun] done suddenly and quickly because the situation makes it necessary, not because it was planned or wanted: The plane had to make a forced landing in a field. the forced repatriation of thousands of refugees
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The applause seemed forced rather than appreciative.
- The plane had to make a forced landing in a field.
- It can be used as a forced air convection oven alone - forced air being faster than conventional static hot air.
- The forced camaraderie and freedom from normal constraints may have its attractions.
- The pilot saw a field ahead and slightly left of the aircraft which he considered the best forced landing area.
Longman Language Activatorwhen a situation forces you to do something
· We must get this work finished today.· Must you leave so soon?· Before we go and see Ian there's something I have to do.· Do we have to stay for the whole show?have got to do something · I've got to go to London tomorrow for a meeting.must/have to · I didn't really want to go by train, but I had to because my car was still being repaired.· I hate to make the trip this time of year, but I really must.
to have to do something because you think it is necessary or someone else thinks it is necessary: · We need to buy some more potatoes.· Simon knew that he needed to raise the money quickly.· Do I really need to go to this meeting?
/be compelled to do something/be obliged to do something to have to do something that you do not want to do because you are in a situation that makes it impossible to avoid: · She was forced to retire early due to ill health.· We may be obliged to scrap the project if we don't get more funding.· Organizers were compelled to cancel the event after the sponsors pulled out.
to have to do something, even though you do not want to, because there is nothing else you can possibly do in the situation: · The authorities say that they had to close the hospital - they had no alternative.have no alternative but to do something: · He had no alternative but to resign.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The plane had to make a forced landing in a field. the forced repatriation of thousands of refugeesCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES MPs forced a division on the bill.
The plane had to make a forced landing in a field. the forced repatriation of thousands of refugees· The government was forced to admit that the policy had never really worked.
MPs forced a division on the bill. (=when someone gets into a building illegally by breaking a door, window etc)· There were no signs of a forced entry, but several paintings were missing.
· Many of his political opponents have been forced into exile.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· The lock itself seemed good, though wrenched away by the forced entry.· There was no sign of a forced entry and at first detectives on the tax-haven island were baffled.· Upstairs, Donna heard the sound of forced entry, her eyes still fixed on the barely moving form of Stark.· Surely she'd have noticed if there had been any other forced entry.
· It can be argued that forced labour has not ceased but merely changed its form.· These were State enterprises, engineered by the military, and using convict and forced labour.· A forced labour camp, they call it.· Consequently, they were to be subjected to forced labour to pay the equivalent.· They were executed or sentenced to long periods of forced labour.· In 1769 1,375 people were at work on it, many of them prisoners at forced labour.
· The pilot saw a field ahead and slightly left of the aircraft which he considered the best forced landing area.· Callaghan had made a forced landing in a field, but they had seen him get out.· He called the aircraft and was advised that both engines had flamed out and that a forced landing would be necessary.· A turn to the left off the runway heading was made to bring the aircraft over land for the forced landing.· Both engines failed due to bird ingestion and the aircraft made a forced landing in a field beyond the end of the runway.
· Privy seals were sent out for forced loans from about 1590.· Finally, she raised a forced loan, never repaid, of £109,000.· He was active in Westmorland over the forced loan.· Wolsey met the first crisis by ordering the levy of a forced loan.· He was amongst those who defaulted over payment of the forced loan at Northampton in 1627.· Direct taxation - including forced loans and benevolences - produced only about 35 percent.
· More than 13,000 boat people in three Hong Kong detention camps demonstrated against forced repatriation on Nov. 11-12.
· The recession has also clearly produced forced sales of businesses as well as more measured ones.· A side depleted by the forced sales of Paul Simpson and Lee Nogan.· The forced sale was over in a matter of hours.· When the housing market collapsed, it appears that this property was affected because it became the subject of a forced sale.
WORD FAMILYadjectiveforcefulforcibleforcednounforceforcefulnessadverbforcefullyforciblyverbforce
1a forced smile, laugh etc is not natural or sincere: ‘Oh, hello,’ said Eileen, with forced brightness.2[only before noun] done suddenly and quickly because the situation makes it necessary, not because it was planned or wanted: The plane had to make a forced landing in a field. the forced repatriation of thousands of refugees