Definition of "forcing" []

• The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed (noun)
• An extension in the development time of an underexposed negative in order to bring out detail (noun)
• A technique used to prove the consistency of certain axioms in set theory (noun)
• Present participle of force. (verb)

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• "Tim may or may not be correct in claiming that Willis misused the term forcing, but what physical difference does it make?"
• "Player Uno defended his title forcing Kevin Steen to tap to the Sharpshooter in 12: 21."
• "Change is a statute teeming with "shall" - a term forcing its targets to comply."