Meaning

• Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.

  "the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract"

• Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.

• Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.

• 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.

• A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.

  "police force"

• The ability to attack, control, or constrain.

  "show of force"

• 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.

• Legal validity.

  "The law will come into force in January."

• Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.

• Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.

• (with the, often capitalized) A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.

Meaning

• To violate (a woman); to rape.

• To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.

• To compel (someone or something) to do something.

• To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.

• To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).

• To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.

  "The comedian's jokes weren't funny, but I forced a laugh now and then."

• To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).

  "To force a lock."

• To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.

• 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.

  "Jones forced the runner at second by stepping on the bag."

• (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.

• To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.

• To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.

• To allow the force of; to value; to care for.

Meaning

• (law enforcement) Any police organization; a constabulary.

  "He joined the police force a long time ago, when he lived in Virginia."