force
∞
2.3
- noun
- /fɔrs/
- The police force responded quickly to the emergency call.
- armed forces
- a police force
- military forces
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- It goes to the force, to the head of the CID.
- It was a former Air Force Base for Gaddafi.
- Like, so every police force has a big boss, right?
- Have you seen the, the Air Force just did AI dog fighting?
- We're going to, we request that NATO move its forces out of eastern Ukraine.
- And my special guest is US Space Force Major General Deanna Bert.
- So we had trained up, the Air Force had a three-part sensor.
- So in the Strike Force Five, I was just wondering.
Examples
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We have proved that wherever Afghan and coalition forces focus their efforts, they make progress.
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After 9/11, a U.S.-led international coalition joined forces with the Northern Alliance to overthrow the Taliban.
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Like, so every police force has a big boss, right?
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If there is a federal task force, I want to know about it!
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But the city is fully controlled by the army, internal security forces, and military intelligence.
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To win the race against time, coalition forces will need to address four issues.
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I expect that U.S. special operations forces will operate in Afghanistan for some time.
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When the United States entered the war in 1941, American forces required their own supplies.
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Hasn't been a murder out here since my dad was on the force years ago.
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Three days before the October 26th vote, security forces disrupted a terrorist plot in the south.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
∞
2.0
Soldiers who work together as a group in an army
∞
2.7
A group of soldiers who fight for and protect a country
970
1.3
The part of the United States military that trains soldiers to fight on land
265
5.8
An organized group of ordinary people who act as soldiers in emergencies
262
3.3
A group of people who work together for a short time to do a specific job
147
2.4
A group of people organized to do a specific job, like soldiers or a ship crew
139
2.3
The military groups of a country, like the army, navy and air force
129
2.0
A group of officers who keep order and safety in a town or city
112
3.2
A group of soldiers organized to protect or fight for a country
95
3.2
A group of soldiers organized to fight or carry out military tasks
47
7.0
A group of people from a larger organization, like soldiers or representatives
29
3.8
A group of soldiers and other people trained to protect a country from attack
20
2.8
A group of soldiers that does a specific task
4
3.1
A unit of soldiers organized to do a specific job for the armed forces
2
3.3
A group of people hired by a company to protect its buildings and goods
1
9.9
A police force organized like an army that patrols the countryside and highways
1
8.5
A group of soldiers who serve together in the army
1
7.0
A group of armed fighters not part of the official army who use surprise attacks and sabotage
Idioms
- Informal
4
8.3
Make someone accept ideas or opinions they do not want by pressuring them
- Informal
3
6.7
A wish of good luck people say to encourage someone, often playfully
Compounds
472
2.8
A branch of a country's military that uses planes to fight and protect the country
29
3.8
A group of soldiers and other people trained to protect a country from attack
16
3.3
A branch of the United States military that fights in the air and space
13
2.7
The part of the United States military that flies planes and defends the country in the air and space
- Specialized
11
5.7
The push you feel when you speed up, compared with normal gravity like on a roller coaster
- Specialized
9
4.2
A pull between all objects, especially Earth's pull on things near its surface
8
3.8
The army, navy, and air force of Israel working together to protect the country
- Formal
5
9.8
A large unexpected event like a natural disaster or war that prevents someone from fulfilling a contract
- Specialized
4
7.3
A force that holds protons and neutrons together inside an atom's nucleus
- Literature
4
6.8
A group of people trained like soldiers to act with or for the army
- Specialized
3
8.3
A basic interaction in nature that causes some radioactive decay and acts on particles like neutrinos
3
6.5
A group of armed fighters who use sudden attacks against a larger army in rural areas
2
7.9
An evil part of a mysterious power that bad characters use in Star Wars
1
3.9
A group of guards a company or person hires to protect people and property
- Specialized
1
7.2
An imaginary line that shows the direction of force at points in an electric or magnetic field
A United States military school in Colorado Springs that trains Air Force officers
- Specialized
1
8.1
A push that makes moving things curve on a rotating body like Earth
1
7.0
A group of armed fighters not part of the official army who use surprise attacks and sabotage
1
5.8
A former part of the United States Air Force that managed military space and missile operations
- Specialized
1
4.7
A pull that makes two things move toward each other, like gravity or magnets
- Specialized
1
8.2
An area around something where its push or pull affects other things
- Specialized
1
8.7
A force on a moving electric charge caused by electric and magnetic fields
- Specialized
1
6.7
Invisible lines around a magnet that show which way its pull points
- Specialized
1
9.2
An attack by a large group of soldiers to test the enemy and collect information
- Jargon
1
7.2
A baseball out that happens when a fielder holding the ball touches the base a runner must reach
1
4.0
A school that trains people to be officers in the US Air Force at Colorado Springs
- Specialized
1
5.0
A United States Air Force group that researches and develops new aircraft and space technology
- Specialized
1
7.3
A play where a runner must advance and a fielder with the ball touches the base first
- Literature
1
7.7
A part of Star Wars about a good kind of power that Jedi use
- Specialized
1
6.0
A push or pull from air on something moving through it, for example lift and drag on a wing
- Specialized
1
6.4
Energy from a source that makes electricity flow in a circuit, measured in volts
1
9.9
An illegal armed group in Colombia formed in 1997 that fought and sold drugs
1
2.9
A branch of the United States military that uses planes and works in space to defend the country
- Offensive
1
9.9
A violent armed group in Northern Ireland formed in 1996 that was against the peace process
- Specialized
1
7.7
A force that pushes against a moving object, like air or water, to slow it down
- Specialized
1
7.8
A play when a runner must go to a base and a player holding the ball touches it first
- Specialized
An imaginary line showing the direction a positive electric charge moves and how strong the field is
- Specialized
A list of metals that shows which metal can replace another in a liquid
- Specialized
A system that uses a pump to push oil under pressure into an engine's moving parts
- Specialized
A unit for measuring the force that pushes a magnetic field through a circuit
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Etymology
Force comes from Latin fortis 'strong' and Old French, where it could mean a strong group of people, so a 'police force' is a group with the power to act. That's why we use force for an organized team like an army or police unit.