force

Etymology 1
From, , , from , from , a noun derived from the neuter plural of , ultimately from.

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.
 * 6)  A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
 * 7)  The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
 * 8)  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.
 * 9)  Legal validity.
 * 10)  Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
 * 11)  Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
 * 12)  A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional  universe created by.
 * 13) * 1992, (band), :
 * Some of those that work forces / Are the same that burn crosses
 * 1)  The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  Legal validity.
 * 4)  Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
 * 5)  Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
 * 6)  A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional  universe created by.
 * 7) * 1992, (band), :
 * Some of those that work forces / Are the same that burn crosses
 * 1)  A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional  universe created by.
 * 2) * 1992, (band), :
 * Some of those that work forces / Are the same that burn crosses
 * 1) * 1992, (band), :
 * Some of those that work forces / Are the same that burn crosses
 * 1) * 1992, (band), :
 * Some of those that work forces / Are the same that burn crosses
 * Some of those that work forces / Are the same that burn crosses

Usage notes

 * Outside of fiction, the force may be used as an alternative to invoking, , or . For example, the force was with him instead of luck was on his side, or may the force be with you instead of may God be with you.

Collocations

 * Adjectives often applied to "force": military, cultural, economic, gravitational, electric, magnetic, strong, weak, positive, negative, attractive, repulsive, good, evil, dark, physical, muscular, spiritual, intellectual, mental, emotional, rotational, tremendous, huge.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: fórsa
 * Kazakh:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin:
 * Marathi: शरीरउर्जा, मनःशक्ती
 * Mòcheno: kròft
 * Old English: cræft
 * Ottoman Turkish: قوت, مكنت
 * Papiamentu: forsa
 * Plautdietsch: Krauft
 * Sanskrit:
 * Slovak: sila
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:, voimakeinot, , , pakkokeinot
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: βία
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Irish: fórsa
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: زەبر
 * Marathi: जबरदस्ती
 * Old English: nīed
 * Sanskrit:
 * Slovak: sila
 * Spanish:


 * Amharic: ኀይል
 * Arabic:
 * Argobba: ሀይል
 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: ,
 * Avar: гуч, къуват
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bashkir: көс
 * Belarusian: сі́ла, моц
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Corsican:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: fuarce
 * Galician:
 * Ge'ez: ኀይል
 * Georgian: ძალა
 * German:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ज़ोर,
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingush: низ
 * Irish: fórsa
 * Istriot: forsa
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Ladin: forza
 * Latin:, potentia,
 * Latvian: ,
 * Lezgi: гуж, къуват
 * Lithuanian: jėga,
 * Macedonian: сила, моќ
 * Malay: ,
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maori: tūkeri
 * Marathi: जोर
 * Neapolitan: fuorza
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: сила, мощь
 * Old East Slavic: сила, мочь
 * Oromo: humna
 * Ottoman Turkish: مكنت
 * Plautdietsch: Krauft
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: forza
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: си̏ла, мо̑ћ
 * Roman:, mȏć
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: sila, moc
 * Slovene: ,
 * Somali: quwad
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu:
 * Venetian: forsa, força
 * Walloon:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: বল
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: көс
 * Basque: indar
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Hakka: 力
 * Hokkien:
 * Corsican:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Fiji Hindi:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: fuarce
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ძალა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati:
 * Hebrew:
 * Higaonon: kusug
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido: ,
 * Indonesian:, , forsa
 * Interlingua: fortia
 * Irish: fórsa
 * Istriot: forsa
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Javanese: ꦝꦪ
 * Karakalpak: kúsh
 * Kazakh:
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Ladin: forza
 * Latin:, potentia
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:, jėga
 * Macedonian: сила
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: tōpana
 * Marathi: बळ
 * Mongolian:
 * Neapolitan: fuorza
 * Newar: तिबः
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Krauft
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: kallpa
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: forza
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit: परस्परक्रिया
 * Shona: manikidzo
 * Sicilian:
 * Sinhalese: බලය
 * Slovak: sila
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese: ᮌᮚ
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: isig, puwersa
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Uzbek:
 * Venetian: forsa, força
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon:
 * Waray-Waray: kusog
 * Welsh:
 * Yoruba: ipá


 * Finnish:
 * Irish: éifeacht
 * Maori: tūkeri, ākinga
 * Marathi: प्रबळ
 * Slovak: sila


 * Armenian: ,
 * Bashkir: көс
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: styrke
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ძალა
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , , , , , ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: fórsa
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Latin:, potentia
 * Macedonian: сила
 * Marathi: प्रबळ गट
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: sila
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: загі́н
 * Walloon:


 * Bashkir: ҡеүәт, көс
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: magt
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ძალა,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ido:
 * Macedonian: сила
 * Marathi: बळ
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: cumhachd
 * Slovak: sila
 * Ukrainian:


 * Dutch:
 * French:


 * Bashkir: ғәмәл
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, voimassaolo
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Macedonian: сила, полнова́жност
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: platnosť
 * Ukrainian: чинність,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: perforto
 * Finnish:, , voimakeinot, voimankäyttö, pakkokeinot
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Macedonian: сила, насилство
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English: nīed
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: sila


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak: sila


 * Galician:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua:
 * Volapük:
 * Yiddish:

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To violate (a woman); to rape.


 * 1)  To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
 * 2)  To make someone or something do something, often regardless of their will.
 * 3)  To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
 * 4)  To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
 * 5)  To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
 * 6)  To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
 * 7) To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
 * 8)  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.
 * 9)  To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
 * 10)  To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
 * 11)  To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
 * 12)  To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
 * 13) To grow (rhubarb) in the dark, causing it to grow early.
 * 1)  To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
 * 2)  To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
 * 3) To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
 * 4)  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.
 * 5)  To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
 * 6)  To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
 * 7)  To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
 * 8)  To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
 * 9) To grow (rhubarb) in the dark, causing it to grow early.
 * 1)  To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
 * 2)  To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
 * 3)  To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
 * 4)  To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
 * 5) To grow (rhubarb) in the dark, causing it to grow early.
 * 1)  To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
 * 2) To grow (rhubarb) in the dark, causing it to grow early.
 * 1) To grow (rhubarb) in the dark, causing it to grow early.
 * 1) To grow (rhubarb) in the dark, causing it to grow early.

Translations

 * Finnish: tehdä kaikkensa


 * Arabic:, اِضْطَرَّ
 * Egyptian Arabic: اجبر
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Asturian: forciar
 * Belarusian: прымуша́ць, прыму́сіць, змуша́ць, зму́сіць
 * Bulgarian:, прину́дя, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: lugos
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 逼
 * Mandarin:, , , , ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: devigi
 * Estonian: sundima
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: იძულებულს ხდის
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽, 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀναγκάζω, βιάζω
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: obligo
 * Latvian: piespiest
 * Lithuanian:, priversti
 * Macedonian: тера, присилува, принудува
 * Malagasy:
 * Norman: forchi
 * Norwegian: tvinge
 * Old English: nīedan
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: си̏лити, прѝсилити, присиља́вати
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak: nútiť, donútiť, prinútiť
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, приму́сити, зму́шувати, зму́сити


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: forciar
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: fremtvinge
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: sundima
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , , , ,
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: сили
 * Malagasy:
 * Norman: forchi
 * Norwegian: påtvinge
 * Occitan:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:
 * Venetian:


 * Asturian: forciar
 * Finnish:, avata väkisin
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Maori: kōara
 * Portuguese:
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish: ottaa väkisin


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * Galician:
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:
 * Volapük:

Etymology 3
From, , , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. .

Noun

 * 1)  A waterfall or cascade.

Etymology 4
From, , a use of , with confusion of.

Verb

 * 1) To stuff; to lard; to farce.

Etymology
, from, a noun derived from the neuter plural of.

Noun

 * 1) strength
 * 1) strength
 * 1) strength
 * 1) strength

Adjective

 * 1)  Many; a lot of; a great quantity of

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  (physical effort; physical might)

Etymology
From, a noun derived from the neuter plural of.

Noun

 * 1) strength; might