forces

nounphysical energy, power
nounmental power, energy
nounmilitary organization
verbobligate to do something
verbuse violence upon

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noun physical energy, power

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Word Origin & History

c.1300, "physical strength," from Old French force (12c.) "force, strength, courage, fortitude; violence, power, compulsion," from Vulgar Latin *fortia (cf. Spanish fuerza, Italian forza), noun use of neuter plural of Latin fortis "strong" (see fort). Meaning "body of armed men, army" first recorded late 14c. (also in Old French). Physics sense is from 1660s; force field attested by 1920.

Example Sentences forforces

Here muster, not the forces of party, but the forces of humanity.

They are putty in the hands of the fears and forces that beset them from without.

He was now forty-five years of age, the forces of youth and growth had left him.

Send an army into Attica, and compel the Athenians to withdraw their forces from Potidaea.

The proposal was accepted, and Paches marched his forces into the town.

This gives it leverage, or focus for the outworking of its forces.

If the two forces are equal there is no straight-ahead advancement.

At every recess hour the forces gathered for the exciting sport.

Then, on a glorious morning, we gathered our forces and set forth.

It is the forces at work in time that produce all the changes; and they are history.

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