Dictionary definition · force
noun
- a powerful effect or influence"the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"
- (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity"force equals mass times acceleration"
- physical energy or intensity"he hit with all the force he could muster"
- group of people willing to obey orders"a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"
- a unit that is part of some military service"he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"
- 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"
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"
- urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
- move with force"He pushed the table into a corner"
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably"She forced her diet fads on him"
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space"I squeezed myself into the corner"
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically"She rammed her mind into focus"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).