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English noun: force | |||
| 1. | force (attribute) a powerful effect or influence | ||
| Samples | The force of his eloquence easily persuaded them. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | influence | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | duress, heartbeat, lifeblood, pressure, wheel | ||
| 2. | force (phenomenon) (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity | ||
| Samples | Force equals mass times acceleration. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | physical phenomenon | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aerodynamic force, affinity, attraction, attractive force, centrifugal force, centripetal force, chemical attraction, cohesion, Coriolis force, drift, elan vital, impetus, impulsion, life force, Lorentz force, magnetomotive force, moment, propulsion, pull, push, reaction, repulsion, repulsive force, stress, thrust, torque, torsion, vital force, vitality | ||
| Domain category | natural philosophy, physics | ||
| 3. | force (attribute) physical energy or intensity | ||
| Samples | 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 | forcefulness, strength | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | intensity, intensiveness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | brunt, energy, impulse, momentum, vigor, vigour, zip | ||
| 4. | force (group) group of people willing to obey orders | ||
| Samples | A public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens. | ||
| Synonyms | personnel | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | organisation, organization | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | armed forces, armed service, armed services, constabulary, guerilla force, guerrilla force, hands, law, line personnel, management personnel, manpower, men, military, military machine, military personnel, military police, military service, MP, paramilitary, paramilitary force, paramilitary organisation, paramilitary organization, paramilitary unit, patrol, police, police force, private security force, rank, rank and file, security force, service, soldiery, staff, troops, war machine, work force, workforce | ||
| 5. | force (group) a unit that is part of some military service | ||
| Samples | He sent Caesar a force of six thousand men. | ||
| Synonyms | military force, military group, military unit | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | social unit, unit | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | air unit, armor, armour, army unit, command, commando, contingent, detail, echelon, enemy, guard, Haganah, headquarters, IDF, Israeli Defense Force, legion, militia, mujahadeen, mujahadein, mujahadin, mujahedeen, mujahedin, mujahideen, mujahidin, naval unit, phalanx, Republican Guard, reserves, spearhead, task force, trip wire | ||
| Member holonym | man, military man, military personnel, serviceman | ||
| Member meronym | armed service, military service, service | ||
| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
| 6. | force (act) an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) | ||
| Samples | He may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one. | ||
| Synonyms | violence | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aggression, hostility | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | domestic violence, public violence, riot, road rage | ||
| 7. | force (person) one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority | ||
| Samples | The mysterious presence of an evil power. May the force be with you. The forces of evil. | ||
| Synonyms | power | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | causal agency, causal agent, cause | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | influence, juggernaut, Moloch, steamroller | ||
| 8. | force (group) a group of people having the power of effective action | ||
| Samples | He joined forces with a band of adventurers. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | social group | ||
| 9. | force (attribute) (of a law) having legal validity | ||
| Samples | The law is still in effect. | ||
| Synonyms | effect | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | validity, validness | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
| 10. | force (act) 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 | ||
| Samples | The shortstop got the runner at second on a force. | ||
| Synonyms | force out, force play, force-out | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | putout | ||
| Domain category | baseball, baseball game | ||
English verb: force | |||
| 1. | force (social) to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means : | ||
| Samples | She forced him to take a job in the city. He squeezed her for information. | ||
| Examples | They force him to write the letter | ||
| Synonyms | coerce, hale, pressure, squeeze | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE. Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | compel, obligate, oblige | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bludgeon, bring oneself, dragoon, drive, railroad, sandbag, squeeze for, steamroll, steamroller, terrorise, terrorize, turn up the heat, turn up the pressure | ||
| Cause | act, move | ||
| 2. | force (creation) urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate | ||
| Examples | They force him to write the letter | ||
| Synonyms | impel | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cause, do, make | ||
| 3. | force (motion) move with force, | ||
| Samples | He pushed the table into a corner. | ||
| Synonyms | push | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beat back, drive, drive, flick, force back, jam, jerk, jostle, muscle into, nose, nudge, obtrude, poke at, press, prod, push, push aside, push away, push back, push out, push up, repel, repulse, shove, shove, shove, squeeze, stuff, thrust, thrust, thrust out, tip, topple, tumble | ||
| Entail | move, press | ||
| Verb group | push | ||
| Antonyms | draw, pull, force | ||
| 4. | force (communication) impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably | ||
| Samples | She forced her diet fads on him. | ||
| Synonyms | thrust | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something on somebody. Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE. Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | compel, obligate, oblige | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | stick, sting | ||
| 5. | force (contact) squeeze like a wedge into a tight space | ||
| Samples | I squeezed myself into the corner. | ||
| Synonyms | squeeze, wedge | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | compact, compress, impact, pack together | ||
| 6. | force (contact) force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically | ||
| Samples | She rammed her mind into focus. He drives me mad. | ||
| Synonyms | drive, ram | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | thrust | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | toe, toenail | ||
| Verb group | drive, drive | ||
| 7. | force (contact) cause to move by pulling | ||
| Samples | Draw a wagon. Pull a sled. | ||
| Synonyms | draw, pull | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abduct, adduct, attract, cart, drag, drag, draw, draw in, hale, haul, jerk, pick, pick off, pluck, pluck, plunk, pull, pull back, pull in, pull off, stretch, tug, tweak, twitch, winch, yank | ||
| Verb group | draw, pull, pull | ||
| Antonyms | push, force | ||
| 8. | force (contact) do forcibly; exert force | ||
| Samples | Don't force it!. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | pull | ||
| 9. | force (contact) take by force | ||
| Samples | Storm the fort. | ||
| Synonyms | storm | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | penetrate, perforate | ||
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