force
Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might;…Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
» We were forced to work hard.
Wir waren gezwungen, hart zu arbeiten.
Нам дали тяжёлую работу.
Нас змусили важко працювати.
Нам довелося важко працювати.
Meaning
21 senses(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
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.
(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
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
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
(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.
(countable)Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
Gewalt
си́лаsíla, мощьmoščʹ, дурьdurʹ
си́лаsýla, міцьmicʹ
(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
(countable)Something that exerts influence.
force of nature
a powerful effect or influence
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.
(uncountable)Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
силаsila
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 sentencesWe were forced to work hard.
Нас змусили важко працювати.
ruНам дали тяжёлую работу.
deWir waren gezwungen, hart zu arbeiten.
I was forced to take medicine.
Мене примусили випити ліки.
ruМеня заставили принять лекарство.
deMan hat mich gezwungen, Medikamente zu nehmen.
She forced him to do it.
Вона примусила його це зробити.
ruОна заставила его это сделать.
deSie zwang ihn, es zu tun.
She forced him to sit down.
Вона примусила його сісти.
ruОна заставила его сесть.
Tom forced Mary to do it.
Том примусив Мері зробити це.
ruТом заставил Мэри сделать это.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 5
By meaning 7
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English force, fors, forse, from Old French force, from Late Latin fortia, a nFrom 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: forcesSynonyms
16 synonyms- 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 wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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