FORCE
/fɔːs/ ► audio Scrabble 10 Words With Friends 11
Definition
- verb to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means.
— synonyms: coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure
- verb urge or force (a person) to an action.
— synonyms: impel
- verb move with force.
— synonyms: push
- verb impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably.
— synonyms: thrust
- verb squeeze like a wedge into a tight space.
— synonyms: wedge, squeeze
- verb force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically.
— synonyms: drive, ram
- verb do forcibly.
- verb take by force.
— synonyms: storm
- noun a powerful effect or influence.
- noun (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity.
- noun physical energy or intensity.
— synonyms: forcefulness, strength
- noun group of people willing to obey orders.
— synonyms: personnel
- noun a unit that is part of some military service.
— synonyms: military_unit, military_force, military_group
- noun an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists).
— synonyms: violence
- noun one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority.
— synonyms: power
- noun a group of people having the power of effective action.
- noun (of a law) having legal validity.
— synonyms: effect
- noun a putout of a base runner who is required to run.
— synonyms: force_out, force-out, force_play
Examples
- “the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract”
- “police force”
- “show of force”
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