Force|forcé

force (English)

Force (disambiguation)

Pronunciation

  • - /fɔː(ɹ)s/,

    /fO:(r\)s/

  • - /fɔɹs/|/foʊɹs/, - /fOUr\s/
  • en-us-force.ogg
  • Rhymes: ɔː(r)s
  • Etymology 1

    enm

    - lang=enm, fors, forse, from - force||lang=fro, from - fortia||lang=la, from neuter plural of - en - |lang=la|strong.

    Noun

    s|-

    Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.

    physics

    A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body which is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)

    A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.

  • police force
  • * {{quote-news

    |year=2004 |date=April 15 |author= |title=Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer |work=The Scotsman |url= |page= |passage=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. }}

    The ability to attack, control, or constrain.

  • show of force
  • 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.

    Legal validity.

  • The law will come into force in January.
  • Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.

    Usage notes

  • Adjectives often applied to "force": military, cultural, economic, gravitational, electric, magnetic, strong, weak, positive, negative, attractive, repulsive, good, evil, dark, physical, muscular, spiritual, intellectual, mental, emotional, rotational, tremendous, huge.
  • Derived terms

    Terms derived from "force"

  • antiforce
  • brute_force
  • centripetal_force
  • centrifugal_force
  • Coulomb_force
  • Coriolis_force
  • come_into_force
  • force_field
  • force_multiplier
  • force_to_be_reckoned_with
  • fundamental_force
  • spent_force
  • workforce
  • Translations

    anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing

  • Arabiska - قوة
  • Armenian - ուժ|tr=už, - զորություն|tr=zorut’yun
  • Katalanska - força
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 武力|tr=wǔlì|sc=Hani
  • Tjeckiska - síla
  • Danska - kraft
  • Holländska - kracht
  • Finska - valta
  • , voima, väkivalta
  • Franska - force
  • Tyska - Gewalt
  • Hebrew - כח|m
  • Hindiska - ज़ोर
  • Ido: violento, koakto
  • Italienska - forza
  • Japanska -
  • Latin - vis|f, - potentia|f, - fortitudo|f
  • Lettiska - spēks
  • , vara
  • Litauiska - jėga
  • , galia
  • Malayalam: ബലം (balam), ശക്തി (Sakthi)
  • Norska - kraft
  • Polska - siła
  • Portugisiska - força
  • Rumänska - forță
  • Ryska - сила
  • , мощь, - ru|дурь|f|sc=Cyrl
  • Slovakiska - sila
  • Slovenska - sila
  • Spanska - fuerza
  • Swahili - mabavu
  • Svenska - kraft
  • Turkiska - kuvvet
  • Ukrainska - міць
  • Urdu - زور|m|tr=zor|sc=ur-Arab
  • physical quantity that denotes ability to accelerate a body

  • Armenian - ուժ|tr=už
  • Katalanska - força
  • Tjeckiska - síla
  • Danska - kraft
  • Holländska - kracht
  • Finska - voima
  • Franska - force
  • Tyska - Kraft
  • Hebrew - כח|m
  • Ido: forco, vigoro
  • Italienska - forza
  • Japanese:

    (chikara)
  • Latin - vis|f, - potentia|f
  • Lettiska - spēks
  • Litauiska - galia
  • , jėga
  • Norska - kraft
  • Persiska - نیرو
  • Polska - siła
  • Portugisiska - força
  • Rumänska - forță
  • Ryska - сила
  • Slovakiska - sila
  • Slovenska - sila
  • Spanska - fuerza
  • Swahili - mabavu
  • Svenska - kraft
  • Turkiska - kuvvet
  • group that aims to attack, control, or constrain

  • Armenian - ուժեր|tr=užer, - զինված ուժեր|tr=zinvaç užer
  • Danska - styrke
  • Holländska - macht
  • , troep
  • Franska - forces
  • Tyska - Kräfte
  • Hebrew - כח|m
  • Ido: trupi
  • Italienska - forza
  • Koreanska - 포스
  • Latin - vis|f, - potentia|f
  • Norska - styrke
  • Polish: siły
  • Ryska - отряд
  • Slovakiska - sila
  • Swahili - mabavu
  • Svenska - styrka
  • Turkiska - zorlamak
  • Ukrainska - загін
  • ability to attack, control, or constrain

  • Danska - magt
  • Holländska - macht
  • Esperanto - forto|xs=Esperanto
  • Finska - valta
  • , voima
  • Franska - pouvoir
  • Tyska - Kraft
  • Ido: mov-energio
  • Norska - styrke
  • Polska - siła
  • Ryska - сила
  • Scottish Gaelic - cumhachd|m|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Slovakiska - sila
  • Swahili - mabavu
  • magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand

  • Holländska - truc
  • Franska - truc
  • Swahili - mabavu
  • law: legal validity

  • Holländska - kracht
  • Polska - moc
  • Ryska - власть
  • Swahili - mabavu
  • law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion

  • Holländska - geweld
  • , macht
  • Esperanto - perforto
  • Norska - tvang
  • Ryska - сила
  • , насилие
  • Swahili - mabavu
  • id

    : gaya (1)
  • ia

    : fortia
  • ur

    : zor

    vo

    : näm
  • Verb

    forc|ing

    To violate (a woman); to rape.

    from 14th c.

    * 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:

    *: He hath murthered that mylde withoute ony mercy – he forced hir by fylth of hymself, and so aftir slytte hir unto the navyll.

    * 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.1:

    *: a young woman not farre from mee had headlong cast her selfe out of a high window, with intent to kill herselfe, only to avoid the ravishment of a rascally-base souldier that lay in her house, who offered to force her ....

    - intransitive To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.

    from 14th c.

    * 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVIII:

    *: And I pray you for my sake to force yourselff there, that men may speke you worshyp.

    - from 15th c.

    * 2011, Tim Webb & Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, 23 Mar 2011:

    *: Housebuilders had warned that the higher costs involved would have forced them to build fewer homes and priced many homebuyers out of the market.

    To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.

    from 16th c.

    * 1603, John Florio, trans. Michel de Montaigne, Essays, I.40:

    *: Shall wee force the general law of nature, which in all living creatures under heaven is seene to tremble at paine?

    To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).

    from 16th c.

    * 2007, The Guardian, 4 Nov 2007:

    *: In a groundbreaking move, the Pentagon is compensating servicemen seriously hurt when an American tank convoy forced them off the road.

    To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.

    from 16th c.

    * 2009, "All things to Althingi", The Economist, 23 Jul 2009:

    *: The second problem is the economy, the shocking state of which has forced the decision to apply to the EU.

    To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).

    from 17th c.

  • To force a lock.
  • baseball

    To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.

    * Jones forced the runner at second by stepping on the bag.

    Translations

    compel (someone to do something)

  • Arabiska - أجبر
  • , اضطر
  • Armenian - ստիպել|tr=stipel, - հարկադրել|tr=harkadrel, - բռնանալ|tr=bṙnanal
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 强迫|sc=Hani, - 強迫|tr=qiǎngpò|sc=Hani, - 迫使|tr=pòshǐ|sc=Hani, - 迫|tr=pò|sc=Hani, - 逼迫|tr=bīpò|sc=Hani, - 逼|tr=bī|sc=Hani, - 脅迫|sc=Hani, - 胁迫|tr=xiépò|sc=Hani
  • Tjeckiska - nutit
  • , přinutit
  • Danska - tvinge
  • Holländska - dwingen
  • Holländska - overweldigen
  • Esperanto - devigi
  • Finska - pakottaa
  • Franska - forcer
  • , contraindre
  • Tyska - zwingen
  • Italienska - forzare
  • Japanska - 強いる
  • Latin - obligo
  • Lettiska - piespiest
  • Litauiska - versti
  • , priversti
  • Norska - tvinge
  • Polska - zmusić
  • Portugisiska - forçar
  • , obrigar, compelir
  • Rumänska - forța
  • , supune, violenta
  • Ryska - заставлять
  • Ryska - заставить
  • Ryska - принуждать
  • Ryska - принудить
  • Spanska - obligar
  • Swahili - mabavu
  • Svenska - tvinga
  • Ukrainska - змусити
  • , мусити

    cause to occur, overcoming resistance

  • Armenian - հարկադրել|tr=harkadrel
  • Danska - fremtvinge
  • Holländska - afdwingen
  • , forceren
  • Finska - pakottaa
  • Franska - forcer
  • Tyska - erzwingen
  • Italienska - forzare
  • Latin - cogo|alt=cōgō
  • Norska - påtvinge
  • Portugisiska - forçar
  • Rumänska - forța
  • Spanska - forzar
  • Swahili - mabavu
  • baseball To create an out by touching a base

  • Holländska - branden
  • Swahili - mabavu
  • gl

    : forzar#Galician|forzar
  • io

    : forsar
  • ia

    : fortiare
  • ro

    : forța
  • - es|forzar
  • vo

    : nämön
  • Derived terms

  • enforce
  • forceful
  • forcible
  • See also

  • imperial|Imperial_unit: foot_pound
  • metric|metric_unit: newton
  • coerce: To control by force.
  • Etymology 2

    From - fors||waterfall|lang=non. Cognate with Swedish - |waterfall|lang=sv

    Noun

    Northern England

    A waterfall or cascade

    Translations

    waterfall

    Statistics

  • - spoke|strange|463|force|character|taking|information
  • External links

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    force (Anglo-Norman)

    Etymology

    la|xno

    - lang=la

    Pronunciation

  • - lang=xno
  • Noun

    f

    #English|force; might; power; strength

    Descendants

  • Engelska - force
  • ----

    force (French)

    Etymology

    From - fr neuter plural - |lang=la, from - fr adjective - |lang=la. Compare Catalan and Portuguese força, Italian forza, Spanish fuerza.

    Pronunciation

  • - lang=fr, - lang=fr
  • - Audio (France, Paris)
  • Rhymes: ɔʁs|lang=fr
  • - forces|lang=fr
  • Noun

    f

    #English|force.

    Synonyms

  • pouvoir
  • puissance
  • violence
  • Derived terms

  • à_force
  • à_la_force_du_poignet
  • coup_de_force
  • camisole_de_force
  • de_gré_ou_de_force
  • de_force
  • de_vive_force
  • en_force
  • forcé
  • force_majeure
  • force_vive
  • forces_vives
  • forcément
  • forcer
  • tour_de_force
  • Verb

    - |1|s|pres|ind|lang=fr

    - |3|s|pres|ind|lang=fr

    - |1|s|pres|sub|lang=fr

    - |3|s|pres|sub|lang=fr

    - |2|s|imp|lang=fr

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    force (Old French)

    Alternative forms

  • forche
  • fors
  • Etymology

    LL.|fro

    *fortia, Classical - fro - lang=la

    Pronunciation

  • - lang=fro
  • Noun

    f

    strength; might

    Related terms

  • - esforcer
  • - esfort
  • - fort
  • - forteresce
  • ----

    force (Portuguese)

    Verb

    - ar|subjunctive|present|singular|first

    - ar|subjunctive|present|singular|third

    - ar|imperative|affirmative|singular|first|

    - ar|imperative|affirmative|singular|third|

    - ar|imperative|negative|singular|first|

    - ar|imperative|negative|singular|third|

    zh-min-nan:force simple:force

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