Meaning

21 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Ability to influence; 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

    show of force

    Kraft

    силаsila

    one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

  2. 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).

    (uncountable)The generalized abstraction of this concept.

    Torque is the rotational version of force.

    Force is the result of fundamental interactions.

  3. (countable)A particular form or type of force.

    Most physicists deem there to be four fundamental forces: the weak force, the strong force, gravitation, and the electromagnetic force.

    fictitious forces

  4. A particular form or type of force.

    (capitalized, countable, humorous, often, uncountable)A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.

    Macht

    силаsila

    силаsyla

  5. 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).

    (countable)An instance of a physical force.

    Two forces acting upon the same point on an object will cancel out only if they have equal magnitude and opposite directions.

    physical energy or intensity

  6. (possibly, proscribed, uncountable)Force understood as something of which there can be an amount.

    Heavier objects are those that are subject to more gravitational force.

  7. (countable)Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.

    Gewalt

    си́лаsíla, мощьmoščʹ, дурьdurʹ

    си́лаsýla, міцьmicʹ

  8. (countable, uncountable)Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.

    силаsila

  9. (countable)Something that exerts influence.

    force of nature

    a powerful effect or influence

  10. Something that exerts influence.

    (countable, uncountable)Something that, over time, influences a system with which it interacts (with a connotation of underlyingness, subtlety, or indirectness).

    I believe that the main long-term force that guides a society's evolution is not the economy or the leaders, but the culture.

    Some skeptics have attributed changing temperatures to forces out of our control, such as axial procession.

  11. (uncountable)Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.

    силаsila

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

    (countable, uncountable)Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.

    си́лаsíla, наси́лиеnasílije

Examples

1916 sentences
  1. We were forced to work hard.

    Нас змусили важко працювати.

    ruНам дали тяжёлую работу.

    deWir waren gezwungen, hart zu arbeiten.

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  2. I was forced to take medicine.

    Мене примусили випити ліки.

    ruМеня заставили принять лекарство.

    deMan hat mich gezwungen, Medikamente zu nehmen.

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  3. She forced him to do it.

    Вона примусила його це зробити.

    ruОна заставила его это сделать.

    deSie zwang ihn, es zu tun.

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  4. She forced him to sit down.

    Вона примусила його сісти.

    ruОна заставила его сесть.

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  5. Tom forced Mary to do it.

    Том примусив Мері зробити це.

    ruТом заставил Мэри сделать это.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 5
physical quantity:
group that aims to attack, control, or constrain:
science fiction: binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power:
anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing:
law: legal validity:
Русский
By meaning 7
physical quantity:
group that aims to attack, control, or constrain:
strength or energy of body or mind:
anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing:
law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion:
law: legal validity:
type of magic trick:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
physical quantity:
group that aims to attack, control, or constrain:
science fiction: binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power:
anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing:

Origin

From Middle English force, fors, forse, from Old French force, from Late Latin fortia, a n

From Middle English force, fors, forse, from Old French force, from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

From Middle English force, forz, fors, from Old Norse fors (“waterfall”), from Proto-Germanic *fursaz (“waterfall”). Cognate with Icelandic foss (“waterfall”), Norwegian foss (“waterfall”), Swedish fors (“waterfall”). Doublet of foss.

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Forms

plural: forces
Singularforce
Pluralforces

regular

Synonyms

16 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • physical energy or intensity:forcefulnessstrength
  • group of people willing to obey orders:personnel
  • an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists):violence
  • (of a law) having legal validity:effect
  • one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority:power
  • 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:force outforce-outforce play

Word family

76 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • was forced to
  • forced to do
  • forced to sign
  • can't force
  • forced myself to
  • being forced to
  • being being forced
  • tried to force
  • forced to resign
  • could probably force
  • forced to sell
  • force the door

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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