English dictionary
force
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- 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
- an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
noun
- (of a law) having legal validity
noun
- physical energy or intensity
noun
- a powerful effect or influence
noun
- a unit that is part of some military service
noun
- a group of people having the power of effective action
noun
- group of people willing to obey orders
noun
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
noun
- (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
verb
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
verb
- do forcibly; exert force
verb
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
verb
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
verb
- take by force
verb
- urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
verb
- move with force
verb
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
Example sentences
the shortstop got the runner at second on a force
he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one
the law is still in effect
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
the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them
he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men
he joined forces with a band of adventurers
a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens
the mysterious presence of an evil power
may the force be with you
the forces of evil
force equals mass times acceleration
She forced her diet fads on him
Don't force it!
She rammed her mind into focus
He drives me mad
I squeezed myself into the corner
Storm the fort
He pushed the table into a corner
She forced him to take a job in the city
He squeezed her for information