Meaning of force | Babel Free

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1. Falls. used in place names.
   Northern-England
2. A surname.
3. Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect
4. A waterfall or cascade.
   Northern-England, countable
5. Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
   countable, uncountable
6. strength
7. To rape.
8. 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)
9. 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
10. The generalized abstraction of this concept.
    uncountable
11. To force to act or speak prematurely or unwillingly.
12. The generalized abstraction of this concept
13. A particular form or type of force.
    countable
14. third-person singular present indicative
15. in force, a. in operation; effective: a rule no longer in force.
16. A particular form or type of force
17. A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.
    capitalized, countable, humorous, often, uncountable
18. second-person singular imperative
19. done with great effort. a forced march. forseer; geforseerde mars; gedwonge mars قَسْري، متْعِب جِدا، حَثيث постигнат с големи усилия forçado usilovný erzwungen tvungen βεβιασμένος forzado, forzoso sunnitud اجباری väkinäinen forcé מְאוּלָץ बलकृत, अनिवार्य, कृत्रिम usiljen, prinudan erőltetett terpaksa áreynslumikill, erfiður forzato 無理な 많은 노력을 기울인, 억지로 만든 forsuotas piespiests; piespiedu- terpaksa geforceerdtvungen, tvangs-, anstrengt, krampaktig forsowny په زور، په جبر forçado forţat форсиров...
20. A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
21. An instance of a physical force.
    countable
22. powerful. a forceful argument. kragtig; kragtige argument قَوي силен vigoroso mocný wirkungsvoll stærk; kraftfuld ισχυρόςenérgico võimas قوی voimakas vigoureux רַב עוֹצמָה जोरदार, ओजस्वी, प्रभावशाली snažan, uvjerljiv erélyes kuat kraftmikill, öflugur forte, vigoroso 力強い 강력한 galingas, tvirtas spēcīgs; iedarbīgs bertenaga krachtigsterk, mektigpotężny, skuteczny قوى، جابر vigoroso puternic убедительный silný močen snažan kraftfull, stark มีอำนาจ; มีพลัง güçlü 有說服力的 дійовий اثر انداز mạnh mẽ 有说服力的
23. Force understood as something of which there can be an amount.
    possibly, proscribed, uncountable
24. Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
    countable
25. kragtig; kragtige بِقُوَّه силно vigorosamente silně wirkungsvoll stærkt; kraftfuldt ισχυρά enérgicamente võimsalt با قدرت voimakkaasti vigoureusement בּעוֹצמָה רַבָּה जोरदार तरीके से snažno, uvjerljivo erőszakosan dengan kuat með afli vigorosamente 強力に 강력하게 tvirtai spēcīgi; iedarbīgi penuh bertenaga krachtigkraftfullt, krampaktig potężnie با قدرته vigorosamente puternic убедительно energicky močno snažno kraftfullt ความมีอำนาจ kuvvetle 強有力地 переконливо مؤثر طور پر mạnh mẽ; sinh động 强有力地
26. Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
    countable, uncountable
27. the army, navy and air force considered together. The Forces played a large part in the parade. Krygsmagte قُوّات، جُنود، جَيْش армия forças armadas síly (vojenské) die Truppen (pl.) væbnede styrker ένοπλες δυνάμεις fuerzas armadas relvajõud کل قوا voimat forces כּוֹחוֹת- सेना vojska, trupe, snage (katonai, légi, tengeri) csapatok, erő angkatan bersenjata herafli forze (armate) 軍 군대 karo pajėgos bruņotie spēki angkatan strijdkrachtenforsvaret, våpengreinene siły zbrojne توله قوا forças armada...
28. Something that exerts influence.
    countable
29. in or into operation; working or effective. The new law is now in force. geldig; in werking ساري المَفْعول валиден em vigor v platnosti in Kraft i kraft; gældende σε ισχύ en vigor, vigente jõus, jõusse معتبر؛ قابل اجرا voimassa en vigueur לְהַחִיל प्रभावी na snazi érvényben van diberlakukan í gildi in vigore 効力のある 효력을 발생하다 galiojantis būt spēkā beroperasi van kracht i kraft, gjelde w mocy معتبر em vigor în vi­goare действующий; в силе v platnosti v veljavi na snazi i kraft ทำให้มีผลบังคับใช้ ...
30. Something that, over time, influences a system with which it interacts (with a connotation of underlyingness, subtlety, or indirectness).
    countable, uncountable
31. The capacity to do work or cause physical change; energy, strength, or active power: the force of an explosion.
32. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
    uncountable
33. Power made operative against resistance; exertion: use force in driving a nail.
34. Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
    countable, uncountable
35. A group organized for the goal of attacking, controlling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group).
    countable
36. Any large, organized group involved in a military engagement.
    countable, uncountable
37. Military personnel, collectively, including any vehicles, ships, or aircraft. More broadly, the military or police altogether.
    countable, plural, singular, uncountable
38. Synonym of police force.
    countable, plural, singular, uncountable, usually, with-definite-article
39. The state of having legal weight, of being legally valid,.
    uncountable
40. A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
    countable
41. Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
    countable, uncountable
42. The annualized instantaneous rate of change at a particular timepoint.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract”

“show of force”

“He was, in the full force of the words, a good man.”

“After his actions were challenged by foreign governments and Parliament initially tried to put a stop to his action, Denman returned home and argued his case with enough force that, by 1848, the Royal Navy was handed active permission and encouragement to raze every last slave factory they could find to the ground, and full authority to stop any ship, of any flag, that was thought to be a slaver, with a guarantee with^([sic]) no censure from the government.”

“Torque is the rotational version of force.”

“Force is the result of fundamental interactions.”

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

“fictitious forces”

“The Europeans tried, my goodness how they tried. But on the day the US proved too strong and too inspired. They were, dammit, just better. And when Leonard's putt dropped they clearly had the force with them as well.”

“The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.”

“A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever.”

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

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

“force of nature”

“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.”

“market forces”

“which now they hold by force, and not by right”

“air force; police force”

“Force Z”

“Is Lucius general of the forces?”

“"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.[…]."”

“For Lothian and Borders Police, the early-morning raid had come at the end one of biggest investigations carried out by the force, which had originally presented a dossier of evidence on the murder of Jodi Jones to the Edinburgh procurator-fiscal, William Gallagher, on 25 November last year.”

“After only a week, Japanese forces had captured Singapore from the British.”

“reinforcements grew the American force in the area to 9,000”

“Roman forces were”

“Q. All the time that he was on the force? A. I cannot say that; but there were men on with me when I was on the force who were very good Republicans. Q. During all this time you have been on the police force?”

“Some of those that work forces / Are the same that burn crosses”

“Niall was on the force, too, a detective in major crimes.”

“The law will come into force in January.”

“come into force”

“When the aspectual force of the verbal categories weakens, the 'terminative', punctual or determinative value of the prefix gains in importance,...”

“force of mortality”

“to see the falls or force of the river Kent”

CEFR level