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English to English noun
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a powerful effect or influence |  | Example: the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them
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(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity | | Example: force equals mass times acceleration
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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
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group of people willing to obey orders | | Example: a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens
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a unit that is part of some military service | | Example: he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men
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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
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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
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a group of people having the power of effective action | | Example: he joined forces with a band of adventurers
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(of a law) having legal validity | | Example: the law is still in effect
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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
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A waterfall; a cascade. | | source: webster1913
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Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a contract, or a term. | | source: webster1913 verb
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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
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urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate | | source: wordnet30
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move with force, | | Example: He pushed the table into a corner
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impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably | | Example: She forced her diet fads on him
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squeeze like a wedge into a tight space | | Example: I squeezed myself into the corner
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force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically | | Example: She rammed her mind into focus
He drives me mad
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cause to move by pulling | | Example: draw a wagon
pull a sled
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do forcibly; exert force | | Example: Don't force it!
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take by force | | Example: Storm the fort
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To stuff; to lard; to farce. | | source: webster1913
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To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor. | | source: webster1913
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To use violence; to make violent effort; to strive; to endeavor. | | source: webster1913
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