American English pronunciation
How to pronounce forces
IPA transcription: ['fɔɹsɪz]
Pronunciation variants: ['fɔɹsɪz]['fɚsɪz]
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Noun
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group of people willing to obey orders
“a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens”
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a powerful effect or influence
“the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them”
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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”
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(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
“force equals mass times acceleration”
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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”
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a unit that is part of some military service
“he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men”
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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”
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(of a law) having legal validity
“the law is still in effect”
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a group of people having the power of effective action
“he joined forces with a band of adventurers”
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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”
Verb
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move with force,
“He pushed the table into a corner”
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cause to move by pulling
“draw a wagon”
“pull a sled”
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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”
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urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
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force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
“She rammed her mind into focus”
“He drives me mad”
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impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
“She forced her diet fads on him”
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squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
“I squeezed myself into the corner”
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do forcibly; exert force
“Don't force it!”
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take by force
“Storm the fort”
Usage examples
- In a cinematic rope-down maneuver, the special forces overwhelmed the criminals.
- In a cinematic rope-down maneuver, the special forces overwhelmed the criminals.
- After objection by the United States, they withdrew their forces a few days later.
- Security forces did not arrest journalists and three were released.
- Unknown forces attack the station; a pair of maintenance men go about their duties.
- The Marine Component's ranks are unique in the Belgian Armed Forces.
- In a cinematic rope-down maneuver, the special forces overwhelmed the criminals.
- He was Military Secretary to his father when Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in Ireland.
- He understands the forces of nature.
- Thus, the Air Force became a separate branch of the Turkish Armed Forces.