force


Meanings

  • a powerful effect or influence;
    • "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"
  • (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity;
    • "force equals mass times acceleration"
  • physical energy or intensity;
    • "he hit with all the force he could muster"
    • "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"
  • group of people willing to obey orders;
    • "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"
  • a unit that is part of some military service;
    • "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"
  • 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"
  • one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority;
    • "may the force be with you"
    • "the forces of evil"
  • a group of people having the power of effective action;
    • "he joined forces with a band of adventurers"
  • (of a law) having legal validity;
  • 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"
  • to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
    • "She forced him to take a job in the city"
  • urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
  • move with force,
  • impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably;
    • "She forced her diet fads on him"
  • squeeze like a wedge into a tight space;
  • force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically;
  • cause to move by pulling;
  • do forcibly; exert force;
    • "Don't force it!"
  • take by force;
  • FORCE v FORCED FORCING, FORCES to overcome resistance by the exertion of strength FORCEDLY adv


Scrabble Score: 10

force is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

force is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

force is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 11

force is a valid Words With Friends word