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The correct spelling is force.
How to pronounce force
/fɔːs/
nounIPA: /fɔːs/
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The correct spelling is force. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect. For example: "the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract"
Usage Examples
“the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract”
“police force”
“show of force”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
- 2.Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
- 3.Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
- 4.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)
- 5.Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
verb
- 1.To violate (a woman); to rape.
- 2.To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
- 3.To compel (someone or something) to do something.
- 4.To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
- 5.To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
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