force
noun
/fo(ː)ɹs/
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/foəs/
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/fɔɹs/
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/fɔːs/
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[fo̞ɹs]
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- (countable) Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
- (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)
- Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
- (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
- (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. [1977]
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voima
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- Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
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voima,
tarmo,
väki
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- (uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
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voima,
valta
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- (countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
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joukot,
voimat
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- Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
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pakko,
pakkokeinot,
pakottaminen,
voima,
voimakeinot
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- (legal) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
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pakko,
pakkokeinot,
pakottaminen,
voimakeinot,
voimankäyttö
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voima,
voimassaolo
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force
verb
/fo(ː)ɹs/
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/foəs/
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/fɔɹs/
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/fɔːs/
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[fo̞ɹs]
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- (transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of. [from 16thc.]
- (archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
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pakottaa
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- (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
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pakottaa,
avata väkisin,
murtaa
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- To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
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ottaa väkisin,
pakottaa
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- (transitive, baseball) 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.
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polttaa
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- (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To exert oneself, to do one's utmost. [from 14thc.]
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tehdä kaikkensa
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forcefulness
noun
/ˈfɔː(ɹ)sfəlnəs/
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- The characteristic or quality of being forceful
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voimakkuus
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forcing
noun
/ˈfɔɹ.sɪŋ/
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/ˈfɔː(ɹ).sɪŋ/
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- (horticulture) The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed
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hyötö
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