Engineers calculated the force exerted by the wind on the bridge to ensure its structural stability.
工程师计算了风对桥梁施加的力，以确保其结构稳定性。
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Which choice best defines “force”?
D — Strength, make do. “force” means strength, make do.
Which word means “strength, make do”?
A — force. “force” means strength, make do.
force — strength, make do. In Chinese: 力量，强迫.
force is pronounced /fɔːrs/.
Engineers calculated the force exerted by the wind on the bridge to ensure its structural stability. (工程师计算了风对桥梁施加的力，以确保其结构稳定性。)
power, compel, coerce — all close in meaning to force (strength, make do).
weakness, persuade — each the opposite of force (strength, make do).
Yes. force is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
force(strength, compulsion).