Force (Noun)
Meaning 1
Group of people willing to obey orders; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens".
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 2
One possessing or exercising power or influence or authority; "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil".
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 3
A powerful effect or influence; "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 4
A group of people having the power of effective action; "he joined forces with a band of adventurers".
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Meaning 5
Physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man".
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Meaning 6
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; "the shortstop got the runner at second on a force".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 7
(of a law) having legal validity; "the law is still in effect".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 8
A unit that is part of some military service; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men".
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 9
An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 10
(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration".
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Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
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- Torque
- Attractive Force
- Repulsive Force
- Impetus
- Elan Vital
- Vitality
- Vital Force
- Impulsion
- Chemical Attraction
- Thrust