force

Definitions of force in various dictionaries:

noun - a powerful effect or influence

noun - (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

noun - physical energy or intensity

noun - group of people willing to obey orders

noun - a unit that is part of some military service

noun - an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)

noun - one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

noun - a group of people having the power of effective action

noun - (of a law) having legal validity

noun - a putout of a base runner who is required to run

verb - to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"

verb - urge or force (a person) to an action

verb - move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

verb - impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

verb - squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

verb - force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

verb - cause to move by pulling

verb - do forcibly

verb - take by force

The capacity to do work or cause physical change; energy, strength, or active power: the force of an explosion.

Power made operative against resistance; exertion: use force in driving a nail.

The use of physical power or violence to compel or restrain: a confession obtained by force.

Intellectual power or vigor, especially as conveyed in writing or speech.

Moral strength.

A capacity for affecting the mind or behavior; efficacy: the force of logical argumentation.

One that possesses such capacity: the forces of evil.

A body of persons or other resources organized or available for a certain purpose: a large labor force.

A person or group capable of influential action: a retired senator who is still a force in national politics.

Military strength.

The entire military strength, as of a nation.

Units of a nation’s military personnel, especially those deployed into combat: Our forces have at last engaged the enemy.

Legal validity.

A vector quantity that tends to produce an acceleration of a body in the direction of its application.

To compel through pressure or necessity: I forced myself to practice daily.

To gain by the use of force or coercion: force a confession.

To move or effect against resistance or inertia: forced my foot into the shoe.

To inflict or impose relentlessly: He forced his ideas upon the group.

To put undue strain on: She forced her voice despite being hoarse.

To increase or accelerate (a pace, for example) to the maximum.

To produce with effort and against one’s will: force a laugh in spite of pain.

To use (language) with obvious lack of ease and naturalness.

To move, open, or clear by force: forced our way through the crowd.

To break down or open by force: force a lock.

To rape.

To cause to grow or mature by artificially accelerating normal processes.

Baseball.

To put (a runner) out on a force play.

To allow (a run) to be scored by walking a batter when the bases are loaded.

To cause an opponent to play (a particular card).

In full strength; in large numbers: Demonstrators were out in force.

These verb s mean to cause a person or thing to follow a prescribed or dictated course.

adv - to overcome resistance by the exertion of strength [v FORCED, FORCING, FORCES] : FORCEDLY

FORCE - In physics, a force is any interaction that, when unopposed, will change the motion of an object. A force can cause an object with mass to change its...