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/fˈɔːs/
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[ US /ˈfɔɹs/ ]
[ US /ˈfɔɹs/ ]
NOUN
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a unit that is part of some military service
he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men -
group of people willing to obey orders
a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens -
(of a law) having legal validity
the law is still in effect -
an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one -
a powerful effect or influence
the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them -
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
the shortstop got the runner at second on a force -
physical energy or intensity
it was destroyed by the strength of the gale
he hit with all the force he could muster
a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man -
a group of people having the power of effective action
he joined forces with a band of adventurers -
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
may the force be with you
the mysterious presence of an evil power
the forces of evil -
(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
force equals mass times acceleration
VERB
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take by force
Storm the fort -
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
She forced him to take a job in the city
He squeezed her for information -
impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
She forced her diet fads on him -
move with force
He pushed the table into a corner -
do forcibly; exert force
Don't force it! - urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
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force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
She rammed her mind into focus
He drives me mad -
squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
I squeezed myself into the corner
How To Use force In A Sentence
- As a book about a nonoperational aircraft, Valkyrie will probably attract only a limited audience within the Air Force community.
- They will also force schools to put more emphasis on teaching basic subjects.
- China says it respects the legitimate status of President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) while calling on Palestinian forces to end conflicts.
- Why be all miffy and hissy and in a bitch-slapping mood guys, about not being in the military when you can do the work you like in prisons and police forces? See, it's not all about the election today.
- Not that I'm denigrating the effort - I'm good for a few quid once I've got a few beers in me later tonight - but the enforced jollity does occasionally grate.
- Both groups are forced to suffer the prejudices that have been fuelled by the tabloids and absorbed by an uninformed public.
- Our goal is to reduce the excess downforce to a point where we do create a little separation.
- The remaining three evolutionary forces are nonadaptive in the sense that they are not a function of the fitness properties of individuals: mutation is the ultimate source of variation on which natural selection acts, recombination assorts variation within and among chromosomes, and genetic drift ensures that gene frequencies will deviate a bit from generation to generation independent of other forces. A Disclaimer for Behe?
- The thanatological philosophies of spirit that Schelling here wishes were dead are in fact very much alivehence the reiterated forcefulness of his censure. Mourning Becomes Theory: Schelling and the Absent Body of Philosophy
- The main superstructure frame is formed from reinforced concrete with post-tensioned, ribbed slab floors.