A body of persons or other resources organized or available for a certain purpose: a large labor force.
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A capacity for affecting the mind or behavior; efficacy: the force of logical argumentation.
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A person or group capable of influential action: a retired senator who is still a force in national politics.
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Baseball A force play.
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Intellectual power or vigor, especially as conveyed in writing or speech.
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verb-transitive
Baseball To allow (a run) to be scored by walking a batter when the bases are loaded.
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Baseball To put (a runner) out on a force play.
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Botany To cause to grow or mature by artificially accelerating normal processes.
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Games To cause an opponent to play (a particular card).
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To break down or open by force: force a lock.
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idiom
In force In effect; operative: a rule that is no longer in force.
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In force In full strength; in large numbers: Demonstrators were out in force.
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verb
To do violence to.
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To compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means.
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To make or cause especially through natural or logical necessity .
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To press, drive, pass, or effect against resistance or inertia .
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To impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably .
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