Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: force
IPA transcription: [f'ɔɹs]
Pronunciations of force
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: force
    Meaning: a powerful effect or influence; "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"
  • Synonyms: force
    Meaning: (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration"
  • Synonyms: force, forcefulness, strength
    Meaning: 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"
  • Synonyms: force, personnel
    Meaning: group of people willing to obey orders; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"
  • Synonyms: military_unit, military_force, military_group, force
    Meaning: a unit that is part of some military service; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"
  • Synonyms: violence, force
    Meaning: 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"
  • Synonyms: power, force
    Meaning: 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"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
    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"; "He squeezed her for information"
  • Synonyms: impel, force
    Meaning: urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
  • Synonyms: push, force
    Meaning: move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
  • Synonyms: force, thrust
    Meaning: impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"
  • Synonyms: wedge, squeeze, force
    Meaning: squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner"
  • Synonyms: force, drive, ram
    Meaning: force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
  • Synonyms: pull, draw, force
    Meaning: cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
  • Synonyms: force
    Meaning: do forcibly; exert force; "Don't force it!"
Usage examples
  • Force is useless!
  • There is great force in that.
  • It struck me with awful force.
  • "Yes; he's a definite ethical force."
  • I shall not force into the discussion
  • A large force will attract attention.
  • "But the impulse was losing its force."
  • "Oh, by stratagem, I mean, not by force.
  • Note how force is emphasized repeatedly.
  • "Oh, so you've resigned from the force?"
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