[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/force/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) / force # force noun (a force, forces; force — uncountable: strength); verb (force, forces, forced, forcing) «force» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. In science: a push or a pull that can make something move, stop, speed up, slow down or change shape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/force/#m1) 2. Strength or power: «He pushed with force». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/force/#m2) 3. Verb: to make someone do something they don't want to: «Nobody can force you». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/force/#m3) 4. Verb: to use strength to open or move something: force a door open. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/force/#m4) 5. A group of people trained to work together: the police force, the air force. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/force/#m5) ### In the lessons In science: forces include gravity (pulls down), friction (slows things down), air resistance, water resistance, upthrust (pushes up in water), magnetism; forces are measured in newtons (N) with a forcemeter; balanced forces keep things still; unbalanced forces change motion. In safety: no one can force you to do something unsafe or to keep a secret that hurts. Phrases: push and pull forces, force of gravity, by force, in force (rules active), the police force, join forces, force open. ### Examples - A force is a push or a pull. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/force/#x1) - Gravity is a force that pulls things down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/force/#x2) - Friction is a force that slows things down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/force/#x3) - Forces are measured in newtons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/force/#x4) - Nobody can force you to keep a bad secret. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/force/#x5) - He forced the door open. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/force/#x6) - The police force keeps people safe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/force/#x7) - The two teams joined forces to win. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/force/#x8) - Who dares to use force in my palace? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/force/#x9) ### Note Countable when it means a kind of force (forces), uncountable when it means strength. Regular verb: forced (drop the e). In science a force has a size and a direction (arrows on a diagram). Myth: a moving object doesn't need a force to keep moving — it slows because of friction. ## In Jewish tradition It means strength or physical power, as with Moses' strength at his death. **Interpretation.** Moses' strength was unabated at 120, and tradition reads it as a gift of God. In Sefer Yetzirah the Sefirot are called forces of creation. ### Examples - And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. (Torah DEU.34.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x1) - And Jacob answered and said to Laban: 'Because I was afraid; for I said: Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from me by force. (Torah GEN.31.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x2) - is '' the voices from nothing." The Ten Sephiruth of the Kabalah are the " Ten Primary Emanations from the Divine Source " which are the primal forces leading to all manifestation upon every plane in succession. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x3) - Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, or all the forces of thy strength? (Writings JOB.36.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x4) - Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the stays of his body. (Writings JOB.40.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x5) - Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her. (Prophets 2SA.13.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x6) ### Note Countable when it means a kind of force (forces), uncountable when it means strength. Regular verb: forced (drop the e). In science a force has a size and a direction (arrows on a diagram). Myth: a moving object doesn't need a force to keep moving — it slows because of friction. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «force» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/force/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«force» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/force.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «force» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«force» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/force.html) on Mova free.