verb · academic
enforce
UK/ɪnˈfɔːs/US/ɪnˈfɔrs/en·FORCE
Band 7+task2speaking
to make people obey a law, rule, or obligation; to ensure something is carried out
Examples
“The government introduced new measures to enforce safety standards.”
“It's difficult to enforce the policy without public support.”
“Police enforce the speed limit on that road.”
Band 8 sentence
“Without sufficient resources, authorities struggle to enforce environmental regulations.”
Collocations
- enforce a law
- strictly/enforce strictly
Word family
enforcement noun
Common mistakes
enforce the law to→enforce the law
enforcinged→enforced
Say it for a higher band
5apply→6implement→7+enforce
Synonyms
implement
apply
Easily confused
implement
“The school implemented a new timetable last term.”
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