force
/foːs/
Frequency: 5.23 in modern English
Meaning
noun
Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
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).
Uncountable
noun
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).
Countable
noun
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).
Countable; Humorous; Uncountable
noun
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).
Countable
noun
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).
Uncountable
noun
Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract"
- "show of force"
- "He was, in the full force of the words, a good man."
- "After his actions were challenged by foreign governments and Parliament initially tried to put a stop to his action, Denman returned home and argued his case with enough force that, by 1848, the Royal Navy was handed active permission and encouragement to raze every last slave factory they could find to the ground, and full authority to stop any ship, of any flag, that was thought to be a slaver, with a guarantee with^([sic]) no censure from the government."
- "Torque is the rotational version of force."
- "Force is the result of fundamental interactions."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /foːs/
- British English: /fɔːs/