force
- noun
- /fɔrs/
- Specialized
- So friction is a force acting on a body.
- use force
- brute force
- exert force
It should be thrown with great force and sincere regrets.
- It should be thrown with great force and sincere regrets.
- Instead, they know they don't have the physical force to stop that.
- And therefore you can work out how strong the force of gravity is.
- A lion has the quintessential concentration of force, which is fangs and claws.
- Like there is a kind of force that pulls you back.
Examples
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The international community intervened with the use of force in some but not in others.
Academic text (2011) -
It was becoming a major force within the music industry.
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There must be a new force, a nuclear force.
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We have tried, but there is no force in the water.
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So you have to look at surface forces, not bulk forces.
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Instead, they know they don't have the physical force to stop that.
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We could be talking about wind gusts of hurricane force 70 miles per hour or greater.
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A fluid foil generates a force due to the difference in its surface areas.
Academic text (2012) -
The massive waves quickly flooded the streets with a force that destroyed anything in their path.
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So friction is a force acting on a body.
Synonyms
The use of physical force that hurts people or damages things
Physical or mental power a person has to act
A force that makes something move forward
A sudden force that makes something start moving faster
Extra force used to make something move or have an effect
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Make someone accept ideas or opinions they do not want by pressuring them
- Informal
A wish of good luck people say to encourage someone, often playfully
Compounds
A branch of a country's military that uses planes to fight and protect the country
The part of the United States military that flies planes and defends the country in the air and space
A branch of the United States military that fights in the air and space
A group of soldiers and other people trained to protect a country from attack
- Specialized
A pull between all objects, especially Earth's pull on things near its surface
A branch of the United States military that uses planes and works in space to defend the country
- Literature
A group of people trained like soldiers to act with or for the army
- Formal
A large unexpected event like a natural disaster or war that prevents someone from fulfilling a contract
The army, navy, and air force of Israel working together to protect the country
- Specialized
A force that holds protons and neutrons together inside an atom's nucleus
- Specialized
A basic interaction in nature that causes some radioactive decay and acts on particles like neutrinos
A group of armed fighters who use sudden attacks against a larger army in rural areas
A group of guards a company or person hires to protect people and property
A school that trains people to be officers in the US Air Force at Colorado Springs
An evil part of a mysterious power that bad characters use in Star Wars
- Specialized
A pull that makes two things move toward each other, like gravity or magnets
- Jargon
A baseball out that happens when a fielder holding the ball touches the base a runner must reach
- Specialized
An imaginary line that shows the direction of force at points in an electric or magnetic field
- Specialized
Invisible lines around a magnet that show which way its pull points
A United States military school in Colorado Springs that trains Air Force officers
- Specialized
An imaginary line showing the direction a positive electric charge moves and how strong the field is
- Specialized
Energy from a source that makes electricity flow in a circuit, measured in volts
- Specialized
A list of metals that shows which metal can replace another in a liquid
- Specialized
A push or pull from air on something moving through it, for example lift and drag on a wing
A former part of the United States Air Force that managed military space and missile operations
- Specialized
A United States Air Force group that researches and develops new aircraft and space technology
- Specialized
A system that uses a pump to push oil under pressure into an engine's moving parts
- Specialized
A play where a runner must advance and a fielder with the ball touches the base first
- Specialized
A play when a runner must go to a base and a player holding the ball touches it first
- Specialized
A force on a moving electric charge caused by electric and magnetic fields
- Offensive
A violent armed group in Northern Ireland formed in 1996 that was against the peace process
- Specialized
A unit for measuring the force that pushes a magnetic field through a circuit
- Specialized
The push you feel when you speed up, compared with normal gravity like on a roller coaster
A group of armed fighters not part of the official army who use surprise attacks and sabotage
- Specialized
An attack by a large group of soldiers to test the enemy and collect information
- Specialized
A force that pushes against a moving object, like air or water, to slow it down
An illegal armed group in Colombia formed in 1997 that fought and sold drugs
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Etymology
Force comes from the Latin word fortis, which means 'strong', so it started as the idea of strength or power. You can see the same root in fortress, and that is why force means a physical push or power that can move or break things.