/fɔːs/
Translation
A strong push or pull that moves or changes something.
Word origin
From Old French force, from Latin fortis, meaning strong.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- force
Grammar
Examples
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"Force" is a strong push or pull.
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"Forces" is the plural, meaning more than one force.
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Here "force" means strong power used to move something.
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(12)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Phrasal verbs: 100 examples with meanings
Phrasal verbs in English: what they are, meanings, rules and examples
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Present perfect tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
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