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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- Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
- (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)
- (legal) Legal validity.
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kracht
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- (legal) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
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geweld,
macht
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- (uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
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macht,
kracht
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- (countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
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macht,
troep
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- (countable) 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.
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truc
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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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- (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
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dwingen,
afdwingen,
forceren,
overweldigen
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- (archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
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dwingen,
overweldigen
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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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branden
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forcefulness
noun
/ˈfɔː(ɹ)sfəlnəs/
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- The characteristic or quality of being forceful
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sterkte
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forced
adjective
/fo(ː)ɹst/
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/foəst/
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/fɔɹst/
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- Obtained forcefully, not naturally.
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geforceerd
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forceful
adjective
/ˈfɔɹsfəl/
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- Capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful.
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energisch
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