force
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :'She forced him to take a job in the city'
Framework senses
- §1
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- §2
- do forcibly
- §3
- cause to move by pulling
- §4
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- §5
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- §6
- take by force
- §7
- urge or force (a person) to an action
- §8
- move with force, 'He pushed the table into a corner'
- §9
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :'She forced him to take a job in the city'