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force
- pronunciation:
- fors
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
active power, energy, or physical strength.
- synonyms:
- energy, power, strength, vigor
- similar words:
- authority, brawn, effort, heat, might, muscle, potency, puissance, stress, vim, vitality
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| definition 2: |
the use of such power, energy, or strength.
- synonyms:
- effort
- similar words:
- action, authority, coercion, compulsion, duress, energy, enforcement, power, violence
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| definition 3: |
someone or something with the capacity to influence or cause change.
the force of logic- synonyms:
- potency, power
- similar words:
- agency, agent, influence, instrumentality, mover, stimulus, strength
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| definition 4: |
in law, illegal violence, as against a person.
- synonyms:
- violence
- similar words:
- assault
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| definition 5: |
a group of people joined by a common goal or activity.
the labor forcethe police force- similar words:
- army, association, body, corps, gang, group, legion, pool, troop
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| definition 6: |
in physics, an influence on the shape, motion, or other characteristics of a body or system.
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| definition 7: |
(often pl.) military troops; army.
- synonyms:
- armed forces, army, military, troops
- similar words:
- air force, Marines, Navy, power
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| definition 8: |
effective intensity, as of the mind.
- synonyms:
- effectiveness, potency, power, strength, vitality
- similar words:
- ability, action, caliber, efficacy, energy, enthusiasm
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| related words: |
arm, bite, brunt, carry, crowd, dynamic, effect, emphasis, expression, hand, influence, kick, law, magnetism, main, momentum, nature, output, presence, pressure, pry, pull, thrust, wind |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
forced, forces, forcing |
| definition 1: |
to use strength or coercion in order to compel.
We forced him to tell the truth.- synonyms:
- coerce, compel, constrain, make, pressure
- similar words:
- clamor, impel, impose, induce, oblige, press, push
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| definition 2: |
to affect despite resistance.
Force the lock.I was forced to rely on him.- synonyms:
- compel, constrain, oblige
- similar words:
- bind, bore, drive, elbow, necessitate, press, pressure, propel, push
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| definition 3: |
to obtain through force.
They forced a confession.- synonyms:
- coerce, exact, extort
- similar words:
- draw, extract, pry, railroad, rout, wrench, wrest
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| definition 4: |
to tax or strain.
Don't force the situation.- synonyms:
- strain, tax
- similar words:
- overburden, overload
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| related words: |
browbeat, command, constrain, crowd, exact, foist, hale, hammer, jam, make, open, pick, pin down, poke, ride, run, thrust, train, wedge |
| derivation: |
forced (adj.) |
Force comes from fortis, a Latin word that means "strong." This Latin word is also the source of our words fort and fortify.
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