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perforce

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/pəˈfɔːs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/pɚˈfɔrs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pər fôrs′, -fōrs′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
per•force /pɚˈfɔrs/USA pronunciation   adv. 
  1. of necessity;
    necessarily:We must, perforce, accept some problems as the price for our success.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
per•force  (pər fôrs′, -fōrs′),USA pronunciation adv. 
  1. of necessity;
    necessarily;
    by force of circumstance:The story must perforce be true.
  • Middle French
  • 1300–50; per + force; replacing Middle English par force

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
perforce /pəˈfɔːs/ adv
  1. by necessity; unavoidably
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French par force; see per, force1
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