force.

Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.

the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract

show of force

A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn). The generalized abstraction of this concept.

Torque is the rotational version of force.

Force is the result of fundamental interactions.

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

Most physicists deem there to be four fundamental forces: the weak force, the strong force, gravitation, and the electromagnetic force.

fictitious forces

A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn). A particular form or type of force. A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.

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

Two forces acting upon the same point on an object will cancel out only if they have equal magnitude and opposite directions.

A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn). Force understood as something of which there can be an amount.

Heavier objects are those that are subject to more gravitational force.

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

Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.

Something that exerts influence.

force of nature

Something that exerts influence. Something that, over time, influences a system with which it interacts (with a connotation of underlyingness, subtlety, or indirectness).

I believe that the main long-term force that guides a society's evolution is not the economy or the leaders, but the culture.

Some skeptics have attributed changing temperatures to forces out of our control, such as axial procession.

Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.

Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion. Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.

A group organized for the goal of attacking, controlling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group).

air force; police force

Force Z

A group organized for the goal of attacking, controlling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group). Any large, organized group involved in a military engagement.

A group organized for the goal of attacking, controlling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group). Military personnel, collectively, including any vehicles, ships, or aircraft. More broadly, the military or police altogether.

After only a week, Japanese forces had captured Singapore from the British.

reinforcements grew the American force in the area to 9,000

A group organized for the goal of attacking, controlling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group). Military personnel, collectively, including any vehicles, ships, or aircraft. More broadly, the military or police altogether. Synonym of police force.

The state of having legal weight, of being legally valid,.

The law will come into force in January.

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.

Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.

The annualized instantaneous rate of change at a particular timepoint.

force of mortality

To make someone or something do something, often regardless of their will.

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

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

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

The comedian's jokes weren't funny, but I forced a laugh now and then.

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

I forgot my keys in and so we had to force (open) the door.

To violate (a woman); to rape.

To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.

To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.

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.

To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.

To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.

To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.

To allow the force of; to value; to care for.

To grow (rhubarb) in the dark, causing it to grow early.

A waterfall or cascade.

To stuff; to lard; to farce.