Sekirov Dictionary

force

UK /fɔːs/US /foɹs/

noun 22
verb 15
forms 7
phrases 5

noun22

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the power to change what happens, whether it comes from the body or the mind
- He was, in the full force of the words, a good man. — 1849
Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
Something that exerts influence.
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Something that, over time, influences a system with which it interacts (with a connotation of underlyingness, subtlety, or indirectness).
- I believe that the main long-term force that guides a society's evolution is not the economy or the leaders, but the culture.
- Some skeptics have attributed changing temperatures to forces out of our control, such as axial procession.
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Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
- When the aspectual force of the verbal categories weakens, the 'terminative', punctual or determinative value of the prefix gains in importance,... — 1962
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A group organized for the goal of attacking, controlling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group).
- Is Lucius general of the forces? — 1611
Any large, organized group involved in a military engagement.
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Military personnel, collectively, including any vehicles, ships, or aircraft. More broadly, the military or police altogether.
- After only a week, Japanese forces had captured Singapore from the British.
- reinforcements grew the American force in the area to 9,000
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Synonym of police force.
- Some of those that work forces / Are the same that burn crosses — 1992
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Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
- which now they hold by force, and not by right — 1591
Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn).
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The generalized abstraction of this concept.
- Torque is the rotational version of force.
- Force is the result of fundamental interactions.
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A particular form or type of force.
- Most physicists deem there to be four fundamental forces: the weak force, the strong force, gravitation, and the electromagnetic force.
- fictitious forces
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An instance of a physical force.
- Two forces acting upon the same point on an object will cancel out only if they have equal magnitude and opposite directions.
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Force understood as something of which there can be an amount.
- Heavier objects are those that are subject to more gravitational force.
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The state of having legal weight, of being legally valid,.
- The law will come into force in January.
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A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.
- The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. — 2005
The annualized instantaneous rate of change at a particular timepoint.
A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
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(Northern-England) A waterfall or cascade.
- to see the falls or force of the river Kent — 1778

verb15

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To make someone or something do something, often regardless of their will.
- The second problem is the economy, the shocking state of which has forced the decision to apply to the EU. — 2009
To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
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To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
- Shall wee force the general law of nature, which in all living creatures under heaven is seene to tremble at paine? — 1603
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To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
- I forgot my keys in and so we had to force (open) the door.
To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
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To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
- It stuck so fast, so deeply buried lay / That scarce the victor forced the steel away. — 1697
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To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
- The comedian's jokes weren't funny, but I forced a laugh now and then.
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To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
- Jones forced the runner at second by stepping on the bag.
To violate (a woman); to rape.
To grow (rhubarb) in the dark, causing it to grow early.
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To stuff; to lard; to farce.
- Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. — 1602
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(no longer used) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
- VVhat can the Church force more? — 1612
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[with oneself] (no longer used) To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
- And I pray you for my sake to force yourselff there, that men may speke you worshyp. — 1889
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(no longer used) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
- Were they not forc’d with those that should be ours, / We might haue met them darefull, beard to beard, / And beate them backward home. — 1606
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(no longer used) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
- For me, I force not argument a straw. — 1594

forms

forc'd · forc't · forced · forcing · forces · forceth · forcest

Phrases with force

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