EGAVE

force

About 133.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
    the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract
  2. noun 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).
    Torque is the rotational version of force.
  3. noun The generalized abstraction of this concept.
    Torque is the rotational version of force.
  4. noun A particular form or type of force.
    Most physicists deem there to be four fundamental forces: the weak force, the strong force, gravitation, and the electromagnetic force.
  5. noun A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  6. noun An instance of a physical force.
    Two forces acting upon the same point on an object will cancel out only if they have equal magnitude and opposite directions.
  7. noun Force understood as something of which there can be an amount.
    Heavier objects are those that are subject to more gravitational force.
  8. noun Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.

Similar words

strength drive forcefulness power impel coerce violence push pressure effect

Often followed by

of in and to is the on that was

Word family

Force Forces by force force of will force to be reckoned with forced forceless forcer forcers forces

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