force
force
fɔrs
fawrs
/fɔːs/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "force"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

a group of trained and organized people such as the police, soldiers, etc.
force definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The special operations force was deployed to handle the high-risk mission and secure the hostages.
āωāĻšā§āϚ-āĻā§āρāĻ•āĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϜāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻ…āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĻļāύ āĻĢā§‹āĻ°ā§āϏ āĻŽā§‹āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āϏāĻšāĻŋāĻ‚āϏāϤāĻž

an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
force definition and meaning
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻœā§‹āϰ

a physical power, strength, or energy that allows an object to change its motion or position
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Gravity is a fundamental force that keeps objects anchored to the Earth.
āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€āϤ⧇ āφāϟāϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻœā§‹āϰ

a powerful effect or influence
05

āĻŦāϞ

(physics) an effect that causes a body to move or change direction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Gravity is the force that keeps planets in orbit around the sun.
āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻšāϞ āϏ⧇āχ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϝāĻž āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϚāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώāĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻĻāϞ

group of people willing to obey orders
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž

one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
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āĻŦāϞ, āĻĢā§‹āĻ°ā§āϏ āφāωāϟ

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
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻŦ⧈āϧāϤāĻž

(of a law) having legal validity
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻĻāϞ

a group of people having the power of effective action
01

āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϜāĻŦāϰāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make someone behave a certain way or do a particular action, even if they do not want to
Ditransitive: to force sb to do sth
to force definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Yesterday, he reluctantly forced himself to attend the mandatory training session.
āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāϤāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āϏ⧇āĻļāύ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to exert pressure or strength to achieve a particular outcome, often against opposition or resistance
Complex Transitive: to force sth [adj]
to force definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She forced the stubborn jar lid open by tapping it with a spoon and applying downward pressure.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāĻŽāϚ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻœā§‡āĻĻāĻŋ āϜāĻžāϰ āϞāĻŋāĻĄ āϖ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϠ⧇āϞāĻž

to squeeze or push something into a tight or confined space
Transitive: to force sth somewhere
to force definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The carpenter used a mallet to force the wooden peg into the tight joint.
āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧇āĻ—āϕ⧇ āφāρāϟ āϜāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĸ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to pressure someone to do something against their will or better judgment
Ditransitive: to force sb into an action or decision
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He felt his parents were trying to force him into a career path he had no interest in pursuing.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āύ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to exert effort to accomplish a particular outcome or result
Transitive: to force an outcome
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The manager forced changes in the company's policies to improve employee satisfaction.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϜāĻŦāϰāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

take by force
Transitive: to force a point of entry

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

forceful
forceless
forcible
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