enforces
- 1Third-person singular present of enforce.
The agency enforces safety standards across every factory in the region.
A referee enforces the rules without favoring either team.
Note
This is the form a single subject takes in the present, and it carries the verb's two living meanings. Most often it means making a rule actually hold, not necessarily by force despite the name: an agency enforces standards through inspection. Less often it means giving weight to a point, as evidence enforces an argument. Strengthening a town with troops and compelling someone are obsolete senses, met only in older writing.
enforces is a form of enforce
enforce, verb: To keep up, impose, or bring a rule, law, or agreement into effect, not necessarily by physical force. Full entry
- Spelling
- enforce → enforces: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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