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force

/ force /

verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1

impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably

"She forced her diet fads on him"

Type of:

compel oblige obligate

Kinds of:

stick sting

Derived:

power

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE

Somebody ----s VERB-ing

Somebody ----s somebody Adjective/Noun

verb Sense 2

force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

"She rammed her mind into focus"

"He drives me mad"

Type of:

thrust

Kinds of:

toe toenail

Derived:

ram campaign cause crusade drive

Verb group:

drive

See also:

hammer in drill in ram down beat in screw

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

noun Sense 3

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

"force equals mass times acceleration"

Type of:

physical phenomenon

Kinds of:

aerodynamic force affinity chemical attraction attraction attractive force

Derived:

pull draw push

Domain:

physics physical science natural philosophy

noun Sense 4

group of people willing to obey orders

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

Type of:

organization organisation

Kinds of:

guerrilla force guerilla force military service armed service service

noun Sense 5

a group of people having the power of effective action

"he joined forces with a band of adventurers"

Type of:

social group

noun Sense 6

a powerful effect or influence

"the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"

Type of:

influence

Kinds of:

pressure duress heartbeat lifeblood wheels

Derived:

thrust impel coerce hale squeeze

noun Sense 7

physical energy or intensity

"he hit with all the force he could muster"

"it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"

"a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"

Type of:

intensity intensiveness

Kinds of:

brunt momentum impulse energy vigor

verb Sense 8

do forcibly; exert force

"Don''t force it!"

Type of:

act move

Kinds of:

pull

Derived:

power

See also:

gouge force out squirt squeeze out eject

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb Sense 9

urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

Type of:

cause do make

Derived:

drift impetus impulsion

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s VERB-ing

verb Sense 10

take by force

"Storm the fort"

Type of:

penetrate perforate

Derived:

violence storm

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb Sense 11

move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

Opposites:

pull draw

Type of:

move displace

Kinds of:

nudge poke at prod press push

Derived:

push thrust pushing baby buggy baby carriage

Verb group:

push

Entails:

press move

See also:

displace force out rout out drive out rouse

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

Somebody ----s something

Somebody ----s something to somebody

Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

noun Sense 12

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"

Type of:

aggression hostility

Kinds of:

domestic violence road rage riot public violence

Derived:

storm

noun Sense 13

one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

"the mysterious presence of an evil power"

"may the force be with you"

"the forces of evil"

Type of:

causal agent cause causal agency

Kinds of:

juggernaut steamroller influence Moloch

Derived:

thrust coerce hale squeeze pressure

noun Sense 14

(of a law) having legal validity

"the law is still in effect"

Type of:

validity validness

Domain:

law jurisprudence

verb Sense 15

cause to move along the ground by pulling

"draw a wagon"

"pull a sled"

Opposites:

push

Type of:

move displace

Kinds of:

twitch pull back adduct abduct stretch

Derived:

draw haul haulage draft draught

Verb group:

pull

See also:

level raze rase dismantle tear down

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s something with something

Somebody ----s on something

Somebody ----s somebody PP

verb Sense 16

squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

"I squeezed myself into the corner"

Type of:

move displace

Kinds of:

impact compress compact pack together

Derived:

wedge wedge shape cuneus

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

noun Sense 17

a unit that is part of some military service

"he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"

Type of:

unit social unit

Kinds of:

trip wire command enemy task force army unit

Has parts:

military service armed service service

Domain:

military armed forces armed services

verb Sense 18

to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"

"He squeezed her for information"

Type of:

compel oblige obligate

Kinds of:

turn up the heat turn up the pressure drive bludgeon steamroller

Derived:

power imperativeness insistence insistency press

Causes:

act move

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s VERB-ing

Somebody ----s somebody Adjective/Noun

Semantic Complexity

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Total Relationships

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Related Words

compel oblige obligate stick sting thrust toe toenail physical phenomenon aerodynamic force affinity chemical attraction