force
noun
uk
/fɔːs/ us
/fɔːrs/force noun (PHYSICAL)
[ C or U ]
physics
specialized
See also
- -powered
- aerodynamic
- aeromagnetic
- animal magnetism
- anti-gravity
- atomic energy
- atomic power
- energetic
- energy conservation
- energy crop
- entropic
- entropically
- gravitation
- jet propulsion
- joule
- magnetic pole
- preatomic
- propulsive
- radiant energy
- radiant heat
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force noun (INFLUENCE)
C2 [ C or U ]
forces of nature Fishermen are always at the mercy of the forces of nature (= bad weather conditions).
See also
a force of nature
- Ambition can sometimes be a force for good.
- Since the government limited their powers, the unions are no longer a force to be reckoned with.
- In Britain and the USA in the 1970s, the underground was a powerful subversive force.
- The club used to be a significant force in European football.
- It seems as though forces of destruction are increasingly at work throughout society.
- acephalous
- administrator
- anti-management
- authority
- bureaucrat
- counter-power
- dean
- deputy
- dominatrix
- frontman
- movers and shakers
- multi-headed
- officer
- officialdom
- on high idiom
- top dog
- troika
- tsar
- vice presidency
- vice president
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force noun (GROUP)
B2 [ C ]
- In their efforts to reduce crime the government expanded the police force.
- Security forces halted the demonstrators by blocking the road.
- The reduction in armed forces will be phased over the next ten years.
- Government troops swept aside the rebel forces.
- 60 percent of the work force voted for strike action.
- air patrol
- baggage train
- black and tan
- blue helmet
- bomb disposal
- brigade
- cadre
- commissariat
- divisional
- general staff
- guard of honour
- Guards
- light infantry
- mechanized infantry
- military policeman
- the Marine Corps
- the military police
- the Navy Seals
- the Territorial Army
- the vanguard
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force noun (IN OPERATION)
in/into force
come into force New driving regulations are going to come into force this year.
Idiom
force verb [T] (GIVE NO CHOICE)
B2
to make something happen or make someone do something difficult, unpleasant, or unusual, especially by threatening or not offering the possibility of choice:
force someone/something to do something You can't force her to make a decision.
be forced to Hospitals are being forced to close departments because of lack of money.
force yourself to do something I really have to force myself to be nice to him.
force something back You could tell he was having to force back the tears (= to stop himself from crying).
force something down The food tasted horrible, but I managed to force it down (= to make myself swallow it).
force something on someone I didn't actually want any more dessert, but Julia forced it on me (= made me accept it).
biology, food & drink
specialized
If plants or vegetables are forced, they are made to grow faster by artificially controlling growing conditions such as the amount of heat and light:
forced strawberries
force a laugh/smile
See more - The new tax would force companies to adopt energy-saving measures.
- Hospitals are being forced to close departments because of lack of money.
- The recession is forcing the company to rationalize.
- Doctors are being forced to work impossibly long hours.
- It's only a matter of time before he's forced to resign.
- arm-twisting
- bludgeon
- bounce someone into something phrasal verb
- browbeat someone into something/doing something
- bull something through phrasal verb
- coercion
- duress
- force someone's hand idiom
- force someone/something to do something
- force something on someone
- forced marriage
- push (someone) toward(s) something phrasal verb
- push something through phrasal verb
- put the heat on someone idiom
- put/tighten the screws on someone idiom
- rallying cry
- ransom
- slap
- stampede
- wring
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force verb [T] (USE PHYSICAL POWER)
- The crowd managed to force its way in by sheer weight of numbers.
- The thieves forced one of the shop windows open with a crowbar.
- Helmeted, baton-wielding police forced back the crowd.
- Pieces of stone can be split off by forcing wedges between the layers.
- The water pressure forces the piston into the chamber.
