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BNC: 21652 COCA: 29554

perforce

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perforce /pɚˈfoɚs/ adverb
perforce
/pɚˈfoɚs/
adverb
Learner's definition of PERFORCE
formal + literary
— used to say that something is necessary or must be done必须；势必
BNC: 21652 COCA: 29554

perforce

adverb

per·​force pər-ˈfȯrs How to pronounce perforce (audio)
1
: by force of circumstances or of necessity
These images are perforce in black and white because there is no color at x-ray wavelengths. Smithsonian
All our perceptions of China are perforce limited, partial, biased by our cultural and political perspectives. Marilyn B. Young
With no new novel in the offing, Harry addicts will perforce focus their anticipation during the coming year on the film version of the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone … Paul Gray
2
obsolete : by physical coercion
… he rushed into my house and took perforce my ring away. William Shakespeare

Did you know?

English speakers borrowed par force from Anglo-French in the 14th century. Par meant "by" (from Latin per) and the Anglo-French word force had the same meaning as its English equivalent, which was already in use by then. At first, perforce meant quite literally "by physical coercion." That meaning is no longer used today, but it was still prevalent in William Shakespeare's lifetime (1564-1616). "He rush'd into my house and took perforce my ring away," wrote the Bard in The Comedy of Errors. The "by force of circumstances" sense of perforce had also come into use by Shakespeare's day. In Henry IV, Part 2, we find "... your health; the which, if you give o'er to stormy passion, must perforce decay."

Synonyms

Example Sentences

we must, perforce, deal with this issue immediately, as procrastination is not an option
Recent Examples on the Web Harder, because both were (or still are, in Bissinger’s case) received in the world as heterosexual, successful, wealthy white men—an armor whose cracking is perforce traumatic, shameful, and almost always hidden. Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2019 Someone who loses his career is perforce no longer in an alliance with the employer. Lidija Haas, The New Republic, 1 July 2019 Take the Best Revival of a Musical category, which this year will perforce be a showdown between Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! Adam Green, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2019 The search zone is the creation of the ATSB, and is perforce somewhat arbitrary. Bucky Mcmahon, Esquire, 14 Sep. 2015 What might be called the Falstaff question—is this man a harmless buffoon, or a dangerous threat to the world order?—has, perforce, become a national preoccupation. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 2 May 2016 This man is perforce a tyrant, and the people cease to owe him allegiance. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 31 July 2014 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English par force, from Anglo-French, by force

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of perforce was in the 14th century
BNC: 21652 COCA: 29554

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