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force1
noun
    1. Strength; power; impact or impetus.
      Thesaurus: strength, power, might, energy, vitality, potency.
    2. Compulsion, especially with threats or violence.
    3. Military power.
    4. Passion or earnestness.
      Thesaurus: determination, persistence, willpower, drive, energy.
    5. Strength or validity.
      Example: the force of her argument
      Example: come into force
    6. Meaning.
    7. Influence.
      Example: by force of habit
    8. A person or thing seen as an influence.
      Example: a force for good
    9a. physics.
      (SI unit newton)any external agent that produces a change in the speed or direction of a moving object, or that makes a stationary object move;
      Example: the force of gravity
    9b. physics.
      (SI unit newton)any external agent that produces a strain on a static object.
    10. Any irresistible power or agency.
      Example: the forces of nature
    11. The term used in specifying an index between 0 and 12 on the Beaufort Scale, each of which corresponds to a different wind speed.
      Example: a gale of force 8
      Example: a force-10 gale
    12a. A military body;
      Thesaurus: army, battalion, corps, regiment, legion, troop, detail, division, patrol, unit.
    12b. A nation's armed services.
      Form: the forces
    13. Any organized body or workers, etc.
    14. The police force.
      Form: the force
verb forced, forcing
    1. To make or compel someone to do something.
      Thesaurus: compel, coerce, press, drive, make, impel, obligate, necessitate, require, order.
    2. To obtain something by effort, strength, threats, violence, etc.
      Example: forced an admission from them
    3. To produce something with an effort.
    4. To inflict, eg views, opinions etc (on someone).
      Example: force one's opinions on people
    5. To make (a plant) grow or (fruit) ripen unnaturally quickly or early so that it can appear on the market out of its normal season.
      Example: Nowadays, tomatoes are often forced
    6. To strain.
      Example: force one's voice
    7. cards.
      To induce or make someone play a particular suit or in a particular way.
Derivative: forceless
adj
    Derivative: forcer
    noun
      Idiom: force one's way
        To make progress by effort or ruthless determination.
      Idiom: force someone's hand
        To compel them to act in a certain way.
      Idiom: in force
        Said of a law, etc: valid; effective.
        In large numbers.
          Example: Protestors arrived in force
          Thesaurus: in full strength, all together, en masse.
      Idiom: join forces
        To come together or unite for a purpose.
      Etymology: 13c: from Latin fortia strength.

      Phrasal Verb: force someone or something back or out
        To drive them back or out, especially meeting resistance.



      forced
      adj
        1. Said of a smile, laugh, etc: unnatural; unspontaneous.
          Thesaurus: unnatural, affected, contrived, insincere, false, feigned, artificial, strained, laboured; Antonym: spontaneous.
        2. Done or provided under compulsion.
          Example: forced labour
          Thesaurus: mandatory, compulsory, involuntary.
        3. Carried out as an emergency.
          Example: a forced landing
        4. Done with great and long effort.
          Example: forced marches
      Derivative: forcedly
      adverb
        Derivative: forcedness
        noun


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