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semiforced

semiforced is the simple past and past participle of semiforce.

Meaning of semiforce

Verb

semiforce (third-person singular simple present semiforces, present participle semiforcing, simple past and past participle semiforced)

  1. To force a partner's hand conditionally
    • After North opened one spade, South responded one no-trump, semiforcing.2009 January 15, Phillip Alder, “Scrutinizing the Dummy to Develop the Defense”, Bridge, in New York Times

Questions about semiforced

What is semiforced the simple past and past participle of?
Semiforced is the simple past and past participle of semiforce.

Words near semiforced in the dictionary

  1. semifluidity
  2. semifluids
  3. semifluorinated
  4. semiforbidden
  5. semiforce
  6. semiforced
  7. semiforces
  8. semiforcing
  9. semiforeign
  10. semiform
  11. semiformal

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