force

noun

  1. 1

    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

  2. 2

    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

  3. 3

    (of a law) having legal validity

    the law is still in effect

  4. 4

    physical energy or intensity

    he hit with all the force he could muster

    it was destroyed by the strength of the gale

  5. 5

    a powerful effect or influence

    the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them

  6. 6

    a unit that is part of some military service

    he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men

  7. 7

    a group of people having the power of effective action

    he joined forces with a band of adventurers

  8. 8

    group of people willing to obey orders

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

  9. 9

    one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

    the mysterious presence of an evil power

    may the force be with you

  10. 10

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

    force equals mass times acceleration

verb

  1. 1

    impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

    She forced her diet fads on him

  2. 2

    do forcibly; exert force

    Don't force it!

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