force
Because it is a word with a single syllable, force is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions offorce
- Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
Example: "the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract"
- Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
- Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
- 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)
- Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
- A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
Example: "police force"
- The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
Example: "show of force"
- 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.
- Legal validity.
Example: "The law will come into force in January."
- Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
- Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
- (with the, often capitalized) A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.
- To violate (a woman); to rape.
- To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
- To compel (someone or something) to do something.
- To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
- To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
- To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
Example: "The comedian's jokes weren't funny, but I forced a laugh now and then."
- To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
Example: "To force a lock."
- To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
- 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.
Example: "Jones forced the runner at second by stepping on the bag."
- (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
- To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
- To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
- To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
- (law enforcement) Any police organization; a constabulary.
Synonyms: police, "police department", "police service"
Example: "He joined the police force a long time ago, when he lived in Virginia."
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