Synonym: body, break through, compel, crew, drive, energy, gang, group, make, might, motivate, oblige, personnel, power, pressure, push, ram, shove, staff, strength, thrust, vigor. Similar words: by force, in force, enforce, reinforce, for certain, enforcement, porch, source. Meaning: [fɔrs /fɔːs] 
n. 1. a unit that is part of some military service 2. one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority 3. (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity 4. group of people willing to obey orders 5. a powerful effect or influence 6. an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) 7. physical energy or intensity 8. a group of people having the power of effective action 9. (of a law) having legal validity 10. a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base. v. 1. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city" 2. urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate 3. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" 4. impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably 5. squeeze like a wedge into a tight space 6. force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically 7. do forcibly; exert force 8. cause to move by pulling 9. take by force.
n. 1. a unit that is part of some military service 2. one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority 3. (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity 4. group of people willing to obey orders 5. a powerful effect or influence 6. an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) 7. physical energy or intensity 8. a group of people having the power of effective action 9. (of a law) having legal validity 10. a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base. v. 1. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city" 2. urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate 3. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" 4. impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably 5. squeeze like a wedge into a tight space 6. force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically 7. do forcibly; exert force 8. cause to move by pulling 9. take by force. 
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211. A new EU directive on maternity leave will come into force next month.
212. Unconsciously, by force of habit, she plugged the coffee pot in.
213. We were all astonished to see him force a bar hooking.
214. Terrorists tried to force him to countermand the order to attack.
215. Their air force had been neutered before the work began.
216. The car was completely wrecked by the force of the collision.
217. The government doesn't want to force inefficient firms to sink or swim too quickly.
218. Eighty per cent of the work force is/are against the strike.
219. The force behind all Peter's reforms was the greater glory of the Russian state.
220. The acceleration of a body equals the force exerted on it divided by its mass.
221. It's mad to force your foot into a shoe that's too small for you.
222. They kicked the door down using sheer brute force .
223. I can't force the key into this lock, it won't fit.
224. He held officer rank in the air force for many years.
225. The court ruled that these standards have force in British law.
226. The labour force in our mine is running down rapidly.
227. The new law will be brought into force by midnight tomorrow.
228. The Guyana Defence Force is engaged in flushing out illegal Brazilian miners operating in the country.
229. He put the goalkeeper under pressure and managed to force a corner.
230. Even after 30 years, the play has lost none of its force.
231. The government decided against using force to break-up the demonstrations.
232. The force of the impact knocked the breath out of her.
233. In 1989 they started an investigation that was to blow the lid off corruption in the police force.
234. They were swept along by the force of their emotions.
235. The expansion of higher education should be a powerful force for change.
236. The thief took the money from the old man by force.
237. The foreign secretary is reported as saying that force will have to be used if diplomacy fails.
238. I get up at 6 o'clock every day from force of habit.
239. The gangsters used threats of violence to force the shopkeepers to pay up.
240. He was a powerful force in British politics during the war years.
More similar words: by force, in force, enforce, reinforce, for certain, enforcement, porch, source, per cent, fierce, resource, perceive, perceived, percentage, perception.