transcription, транскрипция: [ kəmpel ]
( compels, compelling, compelled)
1.
If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.
...the introduction of legislation to compel cyclists to wear a helmet...
Local housing authorities have been compelled by the housing crisis to make offers of sub-standard accommodation.
VERB : V n to-inf , V n to-inf
2.
If you feel compelled to do something, you feel that you must do it, because it is the right thing to do.
I felt morally compelled to help.
PHRASE : V inflects , PHR to-inf