Definitions for force
fɔrs, foʊrsforce

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Forcenoun

   Falls.

   Etymology: From fors. Cognate with Swedish fors

Princeton's WordNet(3.51 / 20 votes)Rate this definition:

1. forcenoun

   a powerful effect or influence

   "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"

2. forcenoun

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

   "force equals mass times acceleration"

3. force, forcefulness, strengthnoun

   physical energy or intensity

   "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"

4. force, personnelnoun

   group of people willing to obey orders

   "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"

5. military unit, military force, military group, forcenoun

   a unit that is part of some military service

   "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"

6. violence, forcenoun

   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"

7. power, forcenoun

   one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

   "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil"

8. forcenoun

   a group of people having the power of effective action

   "he joined forces with a band of adventurers"

9. effect, forcenoun

   (of a law) having legal validity

   "the law is still in effect"

10. force out, force-out, force play, forceverb

    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"

11. coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, forceverb

    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"

12. impel, forceverb

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

13. push, forceverb

    move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

14. force, thrustverb

    impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

    "She forced her diet fads on him"

15. wedge, squeeze, forceverb

    squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

    "I squeezed myself into the corner"

16. force, drive, ramverb

    force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

    "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"

17. pull, draw, forceverb

    cause to move by pulling

    "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

18. forceverb

    do forcibly; exert force

    "Don't force it!"

19. storm, forceverb

    take by force

    "Storm the fort"

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Forceverb

   to stuff; to lard; to farce

   Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

2. Forcenoun

   a waterfall; a cascade

   Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

3. Forcenoun

   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

   Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

4. Forcenoun

   power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion

   Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

5. Forcenoun

   strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; -- an armament; troops; warlike array; -- often in the plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation

   Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

6. Forcenoun

   strength or power exercised without law, or contrary to law, upon persons or things; violence

   Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

7. Forcenoun

   validity; efficacy

   Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

8. Forcenoun

   any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, which changes, or tends to change, any physical relation between them, whether mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, or of any other kind; as, the force of gravity; cohesive force; centrifugal force

   Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

9. Forcenoun

   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

   Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

10. Forcenoun

    to compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind

    Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

11. Forcenoun

    to do violence to; to overpower, or to compel by violence to one;s will; especially, to ravish; to violate; to commit rape upon

    Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

12. Forcenoun

    to obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress

    Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

13. Forcenoun

    to impel, drive, wrest, extort, get, etc., by main strength or violence; -- with a following adverb, as along, away, from, into, through, out, etc

    Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

14. Forcenoun

    to put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce

    Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

15. Forcenoun

    to exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to produce by unnatural effort; as, to force a consient or metaphor; to force a laugh; to force fruits

    Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

16. Forcenoun

    to compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none

    Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

17. Forcenoun

    to provide with forces; to reenforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison

    Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

18. Forcenoun

    to allow the force of; to value; to care for

    Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

19. Forceverb

    to use violence; to make violent effort; to strive; to endeavor

    Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

20. Forceverb

    to make a difficult matter of anything; to labor; to hesitate; hence, to force of, to make much account of; to regard

    Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

21. Forceverb

    to be of force, importance, or weight; to matter

    Etymology: [See Farce to stuff.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Force

   In physics, a force is any influence that causes an object to undergo a certain change, either concerning its movement, direction, or geometrical construction. In other words, a force can cause an object with mass to change its velocity, i.e., to accelerate, or a flexible object to deform, or both. Force can also be described by intuitive concepts such as a push or a pull. A force has both magnitude and direction, making it a vector quantity. It is measured in the SI unit of newtons and represented by the symbol F. The original form of Newton's second law states that the net force acting upon an object is equal to the rate at which its momentum changes with time. If the mass of the object is constant, this law implies that the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on the object, is in the direction of the net force, and is inversely proportional to the mass of the object. As a formula, this is expressed as: where the arrows imply a vector quantity possessing both magnitude and direction. Related concepts to force include: thrust, which increases the velocity of an object; drag, which decreases the velocity of an object; and torque which produces changes in rotational speed of an object. In an extended body, each part usually applies forces on the adjacent parts; the distribution of such forces through the body is the so-called mechanical stress. Pressure is a simple type of stress. Stress usually causes deformation of solid materials, or flow in fluids.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Force

   fōrs, Foss, fos, n. a waterfall. [Ice. foss, fors.]

2. Force

   fōrs, v.t. (cook.) to stuff, as a fowl.—n. Force′meat, meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, used as a stuffing or alone. [A corr. of farce.]

The Standard Electrical Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Force

   Force may be variously defined. (a) Any cause of change of the condition of matter with respect to motion or rest. (b) A measurable action upon a body under which the state of rest of that body, or its state of uniform motion in a straight line, suffers change. (c) It may be defined by its measurement as the rate of change of momentum, or (d) as the rate at which work is done per unit of space traversed. Force is measured by the acceleration or change of motion it can impart to a body of unit mass in a unit of time, or, calling force, F, mass, m acceleration per second a we have F = m a. The dimensions of force are mass (M) * acceleration (L/(T^2)) = (M*L)/(T^2).

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. force

   1. An aggregation of military personnel, weapon systems, equipment, and necessary support, or combination thereof. 2. A major subdivision of a fleet.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. force

   A term which implies the sudden rush of water through a narrow rocky channel, and accompanied by a fall of the surface after the obstacle is passed. It is synonymous with fall. Also, the force of each ship stated agreeably to the old usage in the navy, according to the number of guns actually carried. In these days of iron-clads, turret-ships, and heavy guns, this does not give a true estimate of a ship's force. Also, the general force, ships, men, soldiers, &c., engaged in any expedition; as expeditionary force.--Also, force of wind, now described by numbers, 0 being calm, 12 the heaviest gale.--To force, is to take by storm; to force a passage by driving back the enemy.--Colloquially, no force--gently.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. force

   In its military application, signifies an army of all branches,—artillery, cavalry, and infantry. It is sometimes used in the plural number, but with the same signification; as, “commander of the forces;” and occasionally we find the word used in another sense, thus, “He is in great force.” To force, in broadsword exercise, is to break an adversary’s sword-guard, and either wound him or expose him to a wound.

2. force

   To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress. Also to impel, drive, wrest, extort, get, etc., by main strength or violence; with a following adverb, as along, away, from, into, through, out, etc.

3. force

   To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to garrison.

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Aggression
   • Cause
   • Influence
   • Intensity
   • Law
   • Military
   • Move
   • Organization
   • Penetrate
   • Physical Phenomenon
   • Physics
   • Social Group
   • Thrust
   • Unit
   • Validity

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'force' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #701

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'force' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1430

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'force' in Nouns Frequency: #120

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'force' in Verbs Frequency: #201

How to pronounce force?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of force in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of force in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of force in a Sentence

1. Elon Musk:

   This is an important step toward bringing competition to National Security Space launch, we thank the Air Force for its confidence in us and look forward to serving it well.

2. Schopenhauer:

   Faith is like love, it cannot be forced. Therefore it is a dangerous operation if an attempt be made to introduce or bind it by state regulations; for, as the attempt to force love begets hatred, so also to compel religious belief produces rank unbelief.

3. Annette Fuentes:

   There are smarter, more effective ways to deal with an obstinate teenager than using force, when I see what happened in South Carolina, I wonder what the teacher was thinking. Was he or she empowered to handle that on their own? Do they need more training? We should give any teacher the training they need. They are the ones who should control their classrooms.

4. Lee Merritt:

   There was nothing nefarious or illegal about owning a firearm, and they presented in no way that that firearm was contributory to toward the use of deadly force here.

5. Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate:

   When Life throws you a curve ball, you've got to manage it very skillfully. So, focus and swing with full force like you never swung before. Hit those curve balls swiftly far into the stands or outfield right away. And run all the bases for a home run. It's your winning attitude and strong determination that will take you to the first, second, third or even home base, regardless of life pitching you curve balls. The key is to keep batting those curve balls and not to give up by throwing down the bat in defeat. You will come out the big winner, and all you'll hear is the cheers from the crowd. Cheers!

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