Meanings
present singular third person comes into force · participle present coming into force · past came into force
- usuallyregulationTo become valid or active, to inure.
By 1922, when The Railway Magazine attained its Silver Jubilee, the railways were in the throes of grouping, the Act for which had been passed the previous year, and which came fully into force in 1923.
1957 July 28, M. D. Greville, “A Diamond Jubilee of Railway Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 496Synonyms: come into effect, take effect
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo become valid or active, to inure.
Translations
Catalan entrar en vigor
- entrar en vigorbecome valid or active
Chinese Mandarin 生效
- 生效 (shēngxiào)become valid or active
Czech vstoupit v platnost
- vstoupit v platnostbecome valid or active
Danish træde i kraft
- træde i kraftbecome valid or active
Dutch in werking treden, van kracht worden
- in werking tredenbecome valid or active
- van kracht wordenbecome valid or active
Finnish tulla voimaan
- tulla voimaanbecome valid or active
French entrer en vigueur, prendre effet
- entrer en vigueurbecome valid or active
- prendre effetbecome valid or active
German in Kraft treten
- in Kraft tretenbecome valid or active
Hindi प्रवृत्त होना
- प्रवृत्त होना (pravŕtt honā)become valid or active
Irish tar i bhfeidhm
- tar i bhfeidhmbecome valid or active
Italian entrare in vigore
- entrare in vigorebecome valid or active
Polish wejść w życie, wchodzić w życie
- wejść w życiebecome valid or active
- wchodzić w życiebecome valid or active
Portuguese entrar em vigor
- entrar em vigorbecome valid or active
Romanian intra în vigoare
- intra în vigoarebecome valid or active
Russian вступа́ть в си́лу, вступи́ть в си́лу
- вступа́ть в си́лу (vstupátʹ v sílu)become valid or active
- вступи́ть в си́лу (vstupítʹ v sílu)become valid or active
Spanish entrar en vigor, efectuarse
- entrar en vigorbecome valid or active
- efectuarsebecome valid or active
Swedish träda i kraft
- träda i kraftbecome valid or active
Turkish yürürlüğe girmek
- yürürlüğe girmekbecome valid or active
Cite this entry
come into force. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20into%20force
“come into force.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20into%20force. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “come into force,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20into%20force.
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