force
noun
- 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
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
(of a law) having legal validity
the law is still in effect
- 4
physical energy or intensity
he hit with all the force he could muster
it was destroyed by the strength of the gale
- 5
a powerful effect or influence
the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them
- 6
a unit that is part of some military service
he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men
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a group of people having the power of effective action
he joined forces with a band of adventurers
- 8
group of people willing to obey orders
a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens
- 9
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
the mysterious presence of an evil power
may the force be with you
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(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
force equals mass times acceleration
verb
- 1
impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
She forced her diet fads on him
- 2
do forcibly; exert force
Don't force it!
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