force in
力于,力量在,力于在,力量
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Definitions
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- : physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- : strength or power exerted upon an object; physical coercion; violence: to use force to open the window; to use force on a person.
- : strength; energy; power; intensity: a personality of great force.
- : power to influence, affect, or control; efficacious power: the force of circumstances; a force for law and order.
- : Law. unlawful violence threatened or committed against persons or property.
- : persuasive power; power to convince: They felt the force of his arguments.
- : mental or moral strength: force of character.
- : might, as of a ruler or realm; strength for war.
- : Often forces. the military or fighting strength, especially of a nation.
- : any body of persons combined for joint action: a sales force.
- : intensity or strength of effect: the force of her acting.
- : Physics. an influence on a body or system, producing or tending to produce a change in movement or in shape or other effects.the intensity of such an influence. Symbol: F, f
- : any influence or agency analogous to physical force: social forces.
- : binding power, as of a contract.
- : Baseball. force play.
- : value; significance; meaning.
- : Billiards. a stroke in which the cue ball is forcibly struck directly below the center in such a manner as to cause it to stop abruptly, bound back, or roll off to one side after hitting the object ball.
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forced, forc·ing.
- : to compel, constrain, or oblige to do something: to force a suspect to confess.
- : to drive or propel against resistance: He forced his way through the crowd. They forced air into his lungs.
- : to bring about or effect by force.
- : to bring about of necessity or as a necessary result: to force a smile.
- : to put or impose forcibly on or upon a person: to force one's opinions on others.
- : to compel by force; overcome the resistance of: to force acceptance of something.
- : to obtain or draw forth by or as if by force; extort: to force a confession.
- : to enter or take by force; overpower: They forced the town after a long siege.
- : to break open.
- : to cause to grow or mature at an increased rate by artificial means.
- : to press, urge, or exert to violent effort or to the utmost.
- : to use force upon.
- : to rape.
- : Baseball. to cause to be put out by obliging the runner, as by a ground ball, to vacate a base and attempt to move to the next base in order to make room for another runner or the batter.to cause to score, as by walking a batter with the bases full.
- : Cards. to compel to trump by leading a suit of which the player has no cards.to compel a player to play.to compel to play so as to make known the strength of the hand.
- : Photography. to develop for longer than usual in order to increase density or bring out details.to bring out underexposed parts of by adding alkali to the developer.
- : Archaic. to give force to; strengthen; reinforce.
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forced, forc·ing.
- : to make one's way by force.
Phrases
- force someone's hand
- force to be reckoned with
- brute force
- driving force
- in force
- join forces
- reckon with (force to be reckoned with)
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Troye said she organized and participated in every meeting of the coronavirus task force, which her former boss chairs, between February and July.
Climate change has also been a force behind the latest wave of destructive wildfires on the West Coast.
Perhaps the presence of EMS workers could have saved Taylor’s life, as her attorneys say, but this would not have changed the fact that she was already the victim of excessive force the moment officers stormed in and started shooting.
Altogether, this means that water is hitting the ground with more force and the soil is unable to suck it up.
The president recently visited Wisconsin to highlight his support for law enforcement and to reinforce his message that he is best suited to tamp down violence — with force, if necessary.
Yet for a vivid decade or so, sleaze was, somewhat paradoxically, a force for literacy and empowerment.
Shortly after dawn, there was another outbreak of deadly force.
And Air Force assessors are the first to say such imaging never tells the whole story.
Detectives with a fugitive task force caught up with Polanco and a friend on a Bronx street in the early afternoon.
The Pentagon said Faal served in the Air Force for seven years, during which time he became a U.S. citizen.
The Goliath wouldn't answer; the Dublin said the force was coming off, and we could not get into touch with the soldiers at all.
For this use of the voice in the special service of will-power, or propelling force, it is necessary first to test its freedom.
But you are mistaken in thinking the force west consists of the entire Merrill Horse.
She and her younger sister, Janet, had quarreled a good deal through force of unfortunate habit.
In the time of destruction they shall pour out their force: and they shall appease the wrath of him that made them.