English to English
noun
- a powerful effect or influence
The force of his eloquence easily persuaded them.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
Force equals mass times acceleration.
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- 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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- group of people willing to obey orders
A public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens.
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- a unit that is part of some military service
He sent Caesar a force of six thousand men.
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- 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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- 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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- a group of people having the power of effective action
He joined forces with a band of adventurers.
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- (of a law) having legal validity
The law is still in effect.
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- 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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- A waterfall; a cascade.
source: Webster 1913
- Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a contract, or a term.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- 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.
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- urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
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- move with force,
He pushed the table into a corner.
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- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
She forced her diet fads on him.
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- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
I squeezed myself into the corner.
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- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
She rammed her mind into focus.
He drives me mad.
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- cause to move by pulling
Draw a wagon.
Pull a sled.
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- do forcibly; exert force
Don't force it!.
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- take by force
Storm the fort.
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- To stuff; to lard; to farce.
source: Webster 1913
- To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor.
source: Webster 1913
- To use violence; to make violent effort; to strive; to endeavor.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [fors] Lakas; tibay; kapangyarihan; dahas
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [fors] Pumilit; dumahas; gumahasà
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
