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force

(f/oU/rs )

noun (n)

a powerful effect or influence(noun.attribute)

Example:
The force of his eloquence easily persuaded them.

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

Example:
Force equals mass times acceleration.

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physical energy or intensity(noun.attribute)

Example:
He hit with all the force he could muster.
A government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man.

Synonym:
forcefulness, strength

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group of people willing to obey orders(noun.group)

Example:
A public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens.

Synonym:
personnel

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a unit that is part of some military service(noun.group)

Example:
He sent Caesar a force of six thousand men.

Synonym:
military force, military group, military unit

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

Example:
He may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one.

Synonym:
violence

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one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority(noun.person)

Example:
May the force be with you.
The forces of evil.

Synonym:
power

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a group of people having the power of effective action(noun.group)

Example:
He joined forces with a band of adventurers.

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(of a law) having legal validity(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
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(noun.act)

Example:
The shortstop got the runner at second on a force.

Synonym:
force out, force play, force-out

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A waterfall; a cascade.(noun)

source: webster1913
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :(verb.social)

Example:
She forced him to take a job in the city.

Synonym:
coerce, hale, pressure, squeeze

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urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate(verb.creation)

Synonym:
impel

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move with force,(verb.motion)

Synonym:
push
Antonym:
draw, pull

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impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably(verb.communication)

Example:
She forced her diet fads on him.

Synonym:
thrust

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squeeze like a wedge into a tight space(verb.contact)

Synonym:
squeeze, wedge

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force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically(verb.contact)

Synonym:
drive, ram

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cause to move by pulling(verb.contact)

Synonym:
draw, pull
Antonym:
push

source: wordnet30
do forcibly; exert force(verb.contact)

Example:
Don't force it!.

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take by force(verb.contact)

Synonym:
storm, take

source: wordnet30
To stuff; to lard; to farce.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To use violence; to make violent effort; to strive; to endeavor.(verb)

source: webster1913

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