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Force

/fɔːs/

Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.

📖 Definitions of "Force"

noun
  1. 1

    Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.

    "the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract"

  2. 2

    Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.

  3. 3

    Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.

  4. 4

    A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)

verb
  1. 1

    To violate (a woman); to rape.

  2. 2

    To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.

  3. 3

    To compel (someone or something) to do something.

  4. 4

    To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.

noun
  1. 1

    (law enforcement) Any police organization; a constabulary.

    "He joined the police force a long time ago, when he lived in Virginia."

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