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In physics, a force is an influence that can cause an object to change its velocity, i.e., to accelerate, meaning a change in speed or direction, unless counterbalanced by other forces.

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  1. force:

    n Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.

    n Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.

    n (countable) Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.

    n (countable, physics) 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)

    n Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.

    n (countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.

    n (uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.

    n (countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.

    n (law) Legal validity.

    n (law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.

    n (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.

    n (humorous or science fiction, with the, often capitalized) A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.

    n (usually with "the", in the singular or plural) Synonym of police force

    v (transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.

    v (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.

    v (transitive) To make someone or something do something, often regardless of their will.

    v (transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.

    v (transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).

    v (transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.

    v (transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).

    v To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.

    v (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.

    v (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.

    v (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.

    v (archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.

    v (obsolete) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.

    v To grow (rhubarb) in the dark, causing it to grow early.

    n (countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.

    v To stuff; to lard; to farce.

    n (Northern England) Falls. used in place names.

    n A surname.


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