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forcing noun

  /ˈfɔɹ.sɪŋ/ , /ˈfɔː(ɹ).sɪŋ/
  • (horticulture) The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed
 fórsáil, luathbhorradh

force noun

  /fo(ː)ɹs/ , /foəs/ , /fɔɹs/ , /fɔːs/ , [fo̞ɹs]
  • 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.
  • (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)
  • (countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
 fórsa
  • Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
 éifeacht

forceful adjective

  /ˈfɔɹsfəl/
  • Capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful.
 fórsúil, láthair

forces noun

  /ˈfo(ː)ɹ.sɪz/ , /ˈfoə.sɪz/ , /ˈfɔɹ.sɪz/ , /ˈfɔː.sɪz/
  • (military, only plural) Troops.
 fórsaí
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