Synonyms: compel, force, necessitate, oblige, require, mandate
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /kənˈstɹeɪ̯n/ |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑱𐑯 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐐿𐐯𐑌𐑅𐐻𐑉𐐩𐑌 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) constrain | (I) constrained |
| (thou) constrainest | (thou) constrainedst |
| (he) constrains, constraineth | (he) constrained |
| (we) constrain | (we) constrained |
| (you) constrain | (you) constrained |
| (they) constrain | (they) constrained |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) constrain | (I) constrained |
| (thou) constrain | (thou) constrained |
| (he) constrain | (he) constrained |
| (we) constrain | (we) constrained |
| (you) constrain | (you) constrained |
| (they) constrain | (they) constrained |
| Imperative mood | |
| constrain | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| constraining | constrained |
| Afrikaans | dwing |
|---|---|
| Albanian | detyroj |
| Catalan | obligar |
| Czech | donutit; nutit; přinutit; donucovat |
| Danish | tvinge |
| Dutch | dwingen |
| Esperanto | devigi |
| French | imposer; obliger; obliger à |
| German | zwingen |
| Icelandic | neyða; þvinga |
| Italian | costringere |
| Latin | coercere |
| Malay | paksa … memaksa |
| Norwegian | tvinge |
| Papiamento | fòrsa; forsa; obligá |
| Polish | zmusić |
| Portuguese | constranger; forçar; obrigar |
| Romanian | forța; sili |
| Saterland Frisian | twinge |
| Spanish | forzar; obligar |
| Sranan | dwengi |
| Swedish | förplikta; tvinga |
| Thai | ข่มเหง |
| West Frisian | ferplichtsje |