force
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3.8
- noun
- /fɔrs/
:
fuerza
- Environmental organizations are working tirelessly to be a positive force in combating climate change.
- driving force
- market forces
- political forces
They would maintain themselves by force of will and cunning.
- They would maintain themselves by force of will and cunning.
- So thank you for being a force of good in this world.
- But they are a positive force all the time.
- So these are the forces behind the scene at play.
- I want you to imagine that two forces could drive you.
- He wants to not be a controlling force and he's uncomfortable.
- I'm just not letting these forces divide me from people.
- So I've sort of been a force in helping to raise them.
- And there must be some like life force that explains this difference.
- What they're trying to do is provide a force to stop this force.
Examples
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In a competitive market economy, prices are set by the forces of supply and demand.
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When you approach it with the whole force of love, it blooms.
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So thank you for being a force of good in this world.
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But they are a positive force all the time.
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I believe that there is some greater force that is good.
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Some will argue that global market forces should simply be allowed to operate without interference.
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She was a force of nature.
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He was a dear friend to all of us, and the driving force behind this campaign.
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His behavior was conditioned by forces beyond his control.
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Throughout history, technology has been a powerful force in reshaping the social, cultural, political, and economic landscape.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
∞
3.4
Ability to control people or events
∞
3.1
A strong effect on people, places, or things
430
3.4
Person or thing that changes how people think and behave
256
3.2
Use of influence by other people to make someone do something
209
4.2
Power that someone has over other people
39
4.1
A force that makes something move forward
13
6.4
A person or thing with great, unstoppable power like a storm
1
4.5
A thing or condition that directly makes something happen
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
1
8.3
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
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2.8
A branch of a country's military that uses planes to fight and protect the country
17
2.7
The part of the United States military that flies planes and defends the country in the air and space
14
3.3
A branch of the United States military that fights in the air and space
10
3.8
A group of soldiers and other people trained to protect a country from attack
- Specialized
7
4.2
A pull between all objects, especially Earth's pull on things near its surface
4
2.9
A branch of the United States military that uses planes and works in space to defend the country
- Literature
4
6.8
A group of people trained like soldiers to act with or for the army
- Formal
4
9.8
A large unexpected event like a natural disaster or war that prevents someone from fulfilling a contract
3
3.8
The army, navy, and air force of Israel working together to protect the country
- Specialized
3
7.3
A force that holds protons and neutrons together inside an atom's nucleus
- Specialized
2
8.3
A basic interaction in nature that causes some radioactive decay and acts on particles like neutrinos
2
6.5
A group of armed fighters who use sudden attacks against a larger army in rural areas
1
3.9
A group of guards a company or person hires to protect people and property
1
4.0
A school that trains people to be officers in the US Air Force at Colorado Springs
1
7.9
An evil part of a mysterious power that bad characters use in Star Wars
- Specialized
1
4.7
A pull that makes two things move toward each other, like gravity or magnets
- Jargon
1
7.2
A baseball out that happens when a fielder holding the ball touches the base a runner must reach
- Specialized
1
7.2
An imaginary line that shows the direction of force at points in an electric or magnetic field
- Specialized
1
6.7
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
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Force comes from the root fortis 'strong', so it came to mean any power that moves things or people. That is why we call someone a 'driving force' when they are the main power behind a change.