NOUN | attribute | force | a powerful effect or influence |
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phenomenon | force | (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity | |
attribute | force, forcefulness, strength | physical energy or intensity | |
group | force, personnel | group of people willing / willing to obey orders | |
group | force, military unit, military force, military group | a unit that is part of some military service | |
act | force, violence | an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) | |
person | force, power | one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority | |
group | force | a group of people having the power of effective action | |
attribute | force, effect | (of a law) having legal validity | |
act | force, force out, force-out, force play | a putout of a base runner who is required to run | |
VERB | social | force, coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure | to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means |
creation | force, impel | urge or force (a person) to an action | |
motion | force, push | move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" | |
communication | force, thrust | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably | |
contact | force, wedge, squeeze | squeeze like a wedge into a tight space | |
contact | force, drive, ram | force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically | |
contact | force | do forcibly | |
contact | force, storm | take by force |
Sounds | fao'rs | |
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Rhymes | airforce ... workhorse: 29 rhymes with aors... |
Meaning | A powerful effect or influence. | |
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Example | "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them" | |
Narrower | duress | compulsory force or threat |
heartbeat | An animating or vital unifying force | |
lifeblood | An essential or life-giving force | |
pressure | A force that compels | |
wheel | Forces that provide energy and direction | |
Broader | influence | A power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc |
Spanish | fuerza | |
Catalan | força | |
Verbs | force | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably |
force | do forcibly | |
force | urge or force (a person) to an action | |
force | to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means |
Meaning | (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity. | |
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Example | "force equals mass times acceleration" | |
Category | physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions |
Narrower | Coriolis force | (physics) a force due to the earth's rotation |
Lorentz force | The force experienced by a point charge moving along a wire that is in a magnetic field | |
aerodynamic force | Forces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids) | |
affinity, chemical attraction | The force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule | |
attraction, attractive force | The force by which one object attracts another | |
centrifugal force | The outward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body | |
centripetal force | The inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body | |
cohesion | (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid | |
drift, impetus, impulsion | A force that moves something along | |
life force, vital force, vitality, elan vital | (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms | |
magnetomotive force | The force that produces magnetic flux | |
moment | A turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force) | |
propulsion | A propelling force | |
pull | The force used in pulling | |
push, thrust | The force used in pushing | |
reaction | (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body | |
repulsion, repulsive force | The force by which bodies repel one another | |
stress | (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body | |
torsion, torque | A twisting force | |
Broader | physical phenomenon | A natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy |
Spanish | fuerza, vigor | |
Catalan | força, vigor | |
Verbs | force | do forcibly |
force | move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" |
Meaning | Physical energy or intensity. | |
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Synonyms | forcefulness, strength | |
Narrower | brunt | main force of a blow etc |
energy, vigor, vigour, zip | forceful exertion | |
momentum, impulse | An impelling force or strength | |
Broader | intensity, intensiveness | high level or degree |
Spanish | fuerza, vigor | |
Catalan | força, vigor |
Meaning | An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists). | |
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Example | "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one" | |
Synonym | violence | |
Narrower | domestic violence | violence or physical abuse directed toward your spouse or domestic partner |
riot, public violence | A public act of violence by an unruly mob | |
road rage | violence exhibited by drivers in traffic | |
Broader | aggression, hostility | violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked |
Spanish | fuerza, violencia | |
Catalan | força, violència | |
Verbs | force | take by force |
Meaning | One possessing or exercising power or influence or authority. | |
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Examples |
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Synonym | power | |
Narrower | Moloch | A tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice |
influence | One having power to influence another | |
juggernaut, steamroller | A massive inexorable force that seems to crush / crush everything in its way / way | |
Broader | causal agent, cause, causal agency | Any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results |
Spanish | fuerza, poder | |
Catalan | força, poder | |
Verbs | force | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably |
force | do forcibly | |
force | to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means |
Meaning | A group of people having the power of effective action. | |
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Example | "he joined forces with a band of adventurers" | |
Broader | social group | People sharing some social relation |
Meaning | (of a law) having legal validity. | |
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Synonym | effect | |
Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
Broader | validity, validness | The quality of having legal force or effectiveness |
Meaning | 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. | |
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Example | "the shortstop got the runner at second on a force" | |
Synonyms | force out, force-out, force play | |
Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
Broader | putout | An out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout) |
Meaning | To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means : "She forced him to take a job in the city". | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something | |
Model | They force him to write the letter | |
Synonyms | coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure | |
Cause to | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
Narrower | bludgeon | Overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club |
bring oneself | Cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative | |
dragoon, sandbag, railroad | compel by coercion, threats / threats, or crude means | |
drive | To compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly | |
squeeze for | squeeze someone for money, information, etc. | |
steamroller, steamroll | Bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure | |
terrorize, terrorise | coerce by violence or with threats / threats | |
turn up the heat, turn up the pressure | apply great or increased pressure | |
Broader | compel, oblige, obligate | Force somebody to do something |
Spanish | coaccionar, coercer, forzar, obligar, presionar | |
Catalan | coaccionar, forçar, obligar | |
Nouns | force | a powerful effect or influence |
force | one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority |
Meaning | urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
Model | They force him to write the letter | |
Synonym | impel | |
Broader | cause, do, make | give rise to |
Spanish | impeler, impulsar | |
Catalan | impulsar | |
Nouns | force | a powerful effect or influence |
Meaning | Move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner". | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonym | push | |
Entails | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
press | Exert pressure or force to or upon | |
Entailed by | punt, pole | propel with a pole |
Narrower | drive | urge forward |
jam | Push down forcibly | |
jerk, flick | Throw or toss with a quick motion | |
jostle, shove | Come into rough contact with while moving | |
muscle into | Force one's way | |
nose | Push or move with the nose | |
nudge, poke at, prod | To push against gently | |
press, push | make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby | |
push aside, push away | Push out of the way | |
push out, obtrude, thrust out | Push to thrust outward | |
push up | Push upward | |
repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back | Cause to move back / back by force or influence | |
shove | Push roughly | |
thrust | Push forcefully | |
thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze | Press or force | |
topple, tumble, tip | Cause to topple or tumble by pushing | |
Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
See also | force out | press, force, or thrust out of a small space |
force out | force or drive out | |
Opposite | pull, draw | Cause to move by pulling |
Similar to | push | Press against forcefully without moving |
Spanish | apretar, empujar | |
Catalan | empentar, empènyer, prémer | |
Adjectives | forcible | impelled by physical force especially against resistance |
Participle | forced | produced by or subjected to forcing |
Nouns | force | (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity |
Meaning | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something on somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something | |
Example | "She forced her diet fads on him" | |
Synonym | thrust | |
Narrower | stick, sting | saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous |
Broader | compel, oblige, obligate | Force somebody to do something |
Spanish | forzar | |
Catalan | forçar | |
Nouns | force | a powerful effect or influence |
force | one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority |
Meaning | squeeze like a wedge into a tight space. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Synonyms | wedge, squeeze | |
Entailed by | bulldoze | flatten with or as if with a bulldozer |
Narrower | compress, compact, pack together | make more compact by or as if by pressing |
impact | Press or wedge together | |
Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
Spanish | encajar | |
Catalan | comprimir, encaixar, esprémer, estrènyer, falcar, premsar, tasconar |
Meaning | Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
Synonyms | drive, ram | |
Narrower | toe, toenail | Drive obliquely |
Broader | thrust | Push forcefully |
Similar to | drive | compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment |
drive | To compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly | |
Spanish | dirigir, forzar |
Meaning | Do forcibly; exert force. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "Don't force it!" | |
Narrower | pull | apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion |
Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
See also | force back | cause to move back / back by force or influence |
force out | force with the thumb | |
force out | cause to come out in a squirt | |
force out | expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process | |
Nouns | force | a powerful effect or influence |
force | one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority | |
force | (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity |
Meaning | Take by force. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | storm | |
Broader | penetrate, perforate | Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance |
Spanish | asaltar | |
Nouns | force | an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) |
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