Definitions of FORCE in various dictionaries:
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a powerful effect or influence
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(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
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physical energy or intensity
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group of people willing to obey orders
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a unit that is part of some military service
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an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
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one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
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a group of people having the power of effective action
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(of a law) having legal validity
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a putout of a base runner who is required to run
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to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
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urge or force (a person) to an action
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move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
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impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
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squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
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force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
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cause to move by pulling
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do forcibly
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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