What part of speech is coercing?

Coercing can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. coercing is a verb, gerund of coerce (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does coercing mean?

Definitions

Verb

coerce - to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"

Examples of coercing

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1. verb We insist that no one, especially the state, is allowed to coerce people into marriage or bar two consenting adults, whether of the same or differing genders, from forming the family unit that lets them be more fully loving, thus more fully human.
2. verb I can try to persuade her to go, but I can't coerce her.
3. verb I can try to persuade her to go, but I can't coerce her.
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verb
We insist that no one, especially the state, is allowed to coerce people into marriage or bar two consenting adults, whether of the same or differing genders, from forming the family unit that lets them be more fully loving, thus more fully human.
I can try to persuade her to go, but I can't coerce her.
I can try to persuade her to go, but I can't coerce her.

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