A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops. / Any permanent army post. / (historical) An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.

To create a fort, fortifications, a strong point, or a redoubt.

A strength or talent. / The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.

(music) Loud. Used as a dynamic directive in sheet music in its abbreviated form, "f.", to indicate raising the volume of the music. (Abbreviated in musical notation with an f, the Unicode character 1D191.)

(music) Loudly.

A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.

A surname.

plural of forte / plural of fortis

simple past tense and past participle of fort

Ensconced in or protected by a fort.