force


force - noun

  • a powerful effect or influence
  • (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
  • physical energy or intensity
  • group of people willing to obey orders
  • a unit that is part of some military service
  • an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
  • one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
  • a group of people having the power of effective action
  • (of a law) having legal validity
  • 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

  • force - verb

    • to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
    • urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
    • move with force,
    • impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
    • squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
    • force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
    • cause to move by pulling
    • do forcibly; exert force
    • take by force

    force - thesaurus

    coerce   draw   drive   effect   forcefulness   hale   impel   personnel   power   pressure   pull   push   ram   squeeze   storm   strength   thrust   violence   wedge  


    View spelling list or words and learn about the word force in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 14. Spelling choices for /or/ sound: or, ore, au, aw + war.

    Scrabble score for force

    f is 4 o is 1 r is 1 c is 3 e is 1
    Scrabble score = 10

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