Meaning of 'force'

noun

a putout of a base runner who is required to run

Synonyms: force out

noun

an act of aggression, as one against a person who resists

Example: "They accomplished things through force when diplomacy failed."

Synonyms: violence

noun

(of a law) having legal validity

Synonyms: effect

noun

physical energy or intensity

Example: "The ball was hit with all the force the batter could muster."

Synonyms: forcefulness strength

noun

a powerful effect or influence

Example: "The force of my eloquence easily persuaded them."

noun

a unit that is part of some military service

Example: "The senate sent Caesar a force of six thousand men."

Synonyms: military unit military force military group

noun

a group of people having the power of effective action

Example: "They joined forces with a band of adventurers."

noun

group of people willing to obey orders

Example: "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"

Synonyms: personnel

noun

one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

Synonyms: power

noun

(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

Example: "force equals mass times acceleration"

verb

impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

Example: "They forced their diet fads on us."

Synonyms: thrust

verb

do forcibly

Example: "exert force"

verb

cause to move by pulling

Synonyms: pull

verb

force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

Synonyms: drive

verb

squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

Synonyms: squeeze wedge

verb

take by force

Synonyms: take storm

verb

urge or force (a person) to an action

Synonyms: impel

verb

move with force, 'He pushed the table into a corner'

Synonyms: push

verb

to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :'She forced him to take a job in the city'

Synonyms: pressure