English Dictionary

force

/fɔɹs/

noun

Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect. / Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.

He used all his force to open the door.

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.

which now they hold by force, and not by right

意味（3）

(countable) Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.

意味（4）

(countable, physics) 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)

意味（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.

A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever.

意味（6）

(countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.

reinforcemented increased the American force in the area to 9,000

意味（7）

(uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.

show of force

意味（8）

(countable) 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.

意味（9）

(law) Legal validity.

The law will come into force in January.

意味（10）

(law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.

意味（11）

(linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.

When the aspectual force of the verbal categories weakens, the 'terminative', punctual or determinative value of the prefix gains in importance,...

意味（12）

(humorous or science fiction, with the, often capitalized) A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.

The Europeans tried, my goodness how they tried. But on the day the US proved too strong and too inspired. They were, dammit, just better. And when Leonard's putt dropped they clearly had the force with them as well.

意味（13）

(usually with "the", in the singular or plural) Synonym of police force

Q. All the time that he was on the force?

A. I cannot say that; but there were men on with me when I was on the force who were very good Republicans.

Q. All the time that he was on the force? A. I cannot say that; but there were men on with me when I was on the force who were very good Republicans. Q. During all this time you have been on the police force?