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COMPELLING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does compelling mean?

• COMPELLING (adjective)
The adjective COMPELLING has 2 senses:

1. driving or forcing
2. tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument

Familiarity information: COMPELLING used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COMPELLING (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Driving or forcing

Context example:

compelling ambition

Similar:

powerful (having great power or force or potency or effect)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument

Context example:

new and compelling evidence

Similar:

persuasive (tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief)

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