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What is "force" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does force mean in English? Meaning of force definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "force" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "force": a powerful effect or influence

Noun

  • Meaning: a powerful effect or influence
  • Example: the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them
  • Synonyms: force
  • Hyponyms: duress heartbeat lifeblood pressure wheel
  • Hypernyms: influence

    • Meaning of "force": to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :

    Verb

  • Meaning: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
  • Example: She forced him to take a job in the city He squeezed her for information
  • Synonyms: coerce force hale pressure squeeze
  • Hyponyms: bludgeon bring oneself dragoon drive railroad sandbag squeeze for steamroll steamroller terrorise terrorize turn up the heat turn up the pressure
  • Hypernyms: compel obligate oblige

    • Meaning of "force": (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

    Noun

  • Meaning: (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
  • Example: force equals mass times acceleration
  • Synonyms: force
  • Hyponyms: aerodynamic force affinity attraction attractive force centrifugal force centripetal force chemical attraction cohesion coriolis force drift elan vital impetus impulsion life force lorentz force magnetomotive force moment propulsion pull push reaction repulsion repulsive force stress thrust torque torsion vital force vitality
  • Hypernyms: physical phenomenon

    • Meaning of "force": urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

    Verb

  • Meaning: urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
  • Synonyms: force impel
  • Hypernyms: cause do make

    • Meaning of "force": physical energy or intensity

    Noun

  • Meaning: physical energy or intensity
  • Example: he hit with all the force he could muster it was destroyed by the strength of the gale a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man
  • Synonyms: force forcefulness strength
  • Hyponyms: brunt energy impulse momentum vigor vigour zip
  • Hypernyms: intensity intensiveness

    • Meaning of "force": move with force,

    Verb

  • Meaning: move with force,
  • Example: He pushed the table into a corner
  • Synonyms: force push
  • Hyponyms: beat back drive flick force back jam jerk jostle muscle into nose nudge obtrude poke at press prod push push aside push away push back push out push up repel repulse shove squeeze stuff thrust thrust out tip topple tumble
  • Hypernyms: displace move
  • Antonyms: draw force pull
  • Also see: crowd out drive out force out rouse rout out

    • Meaning of "force": group of people willing to obey orders

    Noun

  • Meaning: group of people willing to obey orders
  • Example: a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens
  • Synonyms: force personnel
  • Hyponyms: armed forces armed service armed services constabulary guerilla force guerrilla force hands law line personnel management personnel manpower men military military machine military personnel military police military service mp paramilitary paramilitary force paramilitary organisation paramilitary organization paramilitary unit patrol police police force private security force rank rank and file security force service soldiery staff troops war machine work force workforce
  • Hypernyms: organisation organization

    • Meaning of "force": impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

    Verb

  • Meaning: impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
  • Example: She forced her diet fads on him
  • Synonyms: force thrust
  • Hyponyms: stick sting
  • Hypernyms: compel obligate oblige

    • Meaning of "force": a unit that is part of some military service

    Noun

  • Meaning: a unit that is part of some military service
  • Example: he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men
  • Synonyms: force military force military group military unit
  • Hyponyms: air unit armor armour army unit command commando contingent detail echelon enemy guard haganah headquarters idf israeli defense force legion militia mujahadeen mujahadein mujahadin mujahedeen mujahedin mujahideen mujahidin naval unit phalanx republican guard reserves spearhead task force trip wire
  • Hypernyms: social unit unit
  • Member Holonyms: man military man military personnel serviceman

    • Meaning of "force": squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

    Verb

  • Meaning: squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
  • Example: I squeezed myself into the corner
  • Synonyms: force squeeze wedge
  • Hyponyms: compact compress impact pack together
  • Hypernyms: displace move

    • Meaning of "force": an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)

    Noun

  • Meaning: an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
  • Example: he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one
  • Synonyms: force violence
  • Hyponyms: domestic violence public violence riot road rage
  • Hypernyms: aggression hostility

    • Meaning of "force": force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

    Verb

  • Meaning: force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
  • Example: She rammed her mind into focus He drives me mad
  • Synonyms: drive force ram
  • Hyponyms: toe toenail
  • Hypernyms: thrust
  • Also see: beat in drill in drive in hammer in ram down screw

    • Meaning of "force": one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

    Noun

  • Meaning: one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
  • Example: the mysterious presence of an evil power may the force be with you the forces of evil
  • Synonyms: force power
  • Hyponyms: influence juggernaut moloch steamroller
  • Hypernyms: causal agency causal agent cause

    • Meaning of "force": cause to move by pulling

    Verb

  • Meaning: cause to move by pulling
  • Example: draw a wagon pull a sled
  • Synonyms: draw force pull
  • Hyponyms: abduct adduct attract cart drag draw draw in hale haul jerk pick pick off pluck plunk pull pull back pull in pull off stretch tug tweak twitch winch yank
  • Hypernyms: displace move
  • Antonyms: force push
  • Also see: attract dismantle draw draw in draw out extract level pick off pluck pull pull along pull back pull down pull in pull off pull out pull up rase raze schlep shlep take down take out tear down tweak

    • Meaning of "force": a group of people having the power of effective action

    Noun

  • Meaning: a group of people having the power of effective action
  • Example: he joined forces with a band of adventurers
  • Synonyms: force
  • Hypernyms: social group

    • Meaning of "force": do forcibly; exert force

    Verb

  • Meaning: do forcibly; exert force
  • Example: Don't force it!
  • Synonyms: force
  • Hyponyms: pull
  • Hypernyms: act move
  • Also see: beat back drive eject evict force back force out gouge push back repel repulse squeeze out squirt

    • Meaning of "force": (of a law) having legal validity

    Noun

  • Meaning: (of a law) having legal validity
  • Example: the law is still in effect
  • Synonyms: effect force
  • Hypernyms: validity validness

    • Meaning of "force": take by force

    Verb

  • Meaning: take by force
  • Example: Storm the fort
  • Synonyms: force storm
  • Hypernyms: penetrate perforate

    • Meaning of "force": a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base

    Noun

  • Meaning: a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
  • Example: the shortstop got the runner at second on a force
  • Synonyms: force force out force play force-out
  • Hypernyms: putout
  • Adjective: Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect. the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract Thomas Macaulay (1800-1859) He was, in the full force of the words, a good man.Thomas Macaulay (1800-1859) He was, in the full force of the words, a good man.Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion. William Shakespeare, Henry VI, part II which now they hold by force, and not by rightWilliam Shakespeare, Henry VI, part II which now they hold by force, and not by right(countable) Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.(countable, physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body which is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)Something or anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else. 2012 March 1, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 112-3:  A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever.2012 March 1, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 112-3:  A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever.(countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain. police force William Shakespeare, Cymbeline Is Lucius general of the forces? 1915, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price, chapterI: "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there. […]." 2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, The Scotsman: For Lothian and Borders Police, the early-morning raid had come at the end one of biggest investigations carried out by the force, which had originally presented a dossier of evidence on the murder of Jodi Jones to the Edinburgh procurator-fiscal, William Gallagher, on 25 November last year.William Shakespeare, Cymbeline Is Lucius general of the forces?1915, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price, chapterI: "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there. […]."2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, The Scotsman: For Lothian and Borders Police, the early-morning raid had come at the end one of biggest investigations carried out by the force, which had originally presented a dossier of evidence on the murder of Jodi Jones to the Edinburgh procurator-fiscal, William Gallagher, on 25 November last year.​(uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain. show of force(countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.(law) Legal validity. The law will come into force in January.(law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.(science fiction) A binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional universe of the Star Wars galaxy created by George Lucas.

    • Synonyms:

    violence, effort, strength, enforcement, fury, clout, strain, speed, arm, impact, impetus, coercion, sock, brunt, sinew, potential, draft, conscription, compulsion, might, exaction, duress, vigor, tension, punch, pressure, impulse, trouble, extortion, stress, potency, stimulus, stuff, momentum, push, velocity, muscle, steam, subjection, pow, horsepower, pains, dynamism, constrait, full head of steam, strong arm, what it takes, capability, authority, requirement, gumption, point, influence, persuasiveness, intensity, cogency, coercion, sapience, bite, guts, willpower, puissance, fierceness, emphasis, vehemence, effectiveness, dominance, duress, vigor, ability, efficacy, punch, validity, effect, pressure, determination, obligation, stress, drive, competence, forcefulness, persistence, push, intestinal fortitude, impressiveness, validness, patrol, army, guard, squad, troop, battalion, unit, armed forces, division, shop, corps, regiment, body, crew, cell, legion, host, detachment, squadron, horses, reserves, soldiers, urge, charge, move, oblige, require, impose, compel, drive, restrict, pressure, drag, limit, inflict, demand, press, cause, order, make, wrest, necessitate, insist, coerce, enjoin, apply, exact, fix, constrain, draft, overcome, impress, blackmail, burden, wring, extort, bind, choke, contract, impel, command, obtrude, occasion, strong-arm, enforce, bear down, sandbag, pressurize, conscript, dragoon, concuss, shotgun, bear hard on, bring pressure to bear upon, pin down, put screws to, put squeeze on, push, violate, extort, defile, blast, propel, burst, wrest, pry, ravish, undo, twist, assault, jimmy, wrench, spoil, thrust, squeeze, wring, rape, break in, break open, bust open, crack open,

    Antonyms:

    happiness, hindrance, weakness, idleness, lethargy, relaxation, incompetence, passivity, peace, powerlessness, ease, discouragement, cowardice, weakness, inactivity, lethargy, ineffectiveness, idleness, inability, ignorance, inadequacy, incompetence, indifference, dullness, impotence, invalidity, unimportance, uselessness, beginning, start, disinterest, powerlessness, weakness, incompetence, connection, powerlessness, dissuade, release, disallow, prevent, permit, aid, surrender, discourage, free, stop, check, halt, let go, leave alone, forget, allow, give, neglect, help, yield, surrender, close, untwist, let go, yield,

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