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compelling

verb
/kəmˈpɛlɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, compel + -ing.

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of compel

  2. very interesting

    very interesting; able to capture and hold one's attention

    • The novel was so compelling that I couldn't put it down.

  3. capable of causing someone to believe or agree

    • He made a compelling argument.
    • Terry's goal looked to have put Chelsea in control on the stroke of half-time but Arsenal's response presented a compelling case for Wenger's insistence that reports of his side's demise have been greatly exaggerated.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. strong and forceful

      strong and forceful; that causes one to feel like they must do something

      • I would need a very compelling reason to leave my job.

    2. An act of compulsion

      An act of compulsion; an obliging somebody to do something.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at compelling. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01compelling02compel03coerce04authority05reliable06dependence07irresistible08compellingly

A definitional loop anchored at compelling. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at compelling

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA