in force

See also: inforce

English

Prepositional phrase

in force

1. With a substantial number of men capable of exerting force or of making a show of force.
   • 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

     Patrick was a cabbie & a dispatcher at Yellow Cab & when we got to the church where the [funeral] services were being held, the cabbies came out in force for Pat & there were at least 30 cabs pulling into the church parking lot.

   The police arrived in force at dawn to raid the drug lab.

2. With a substantial display of resources.

   They made the presentation in force to try to impress the client.

3. (law, insurance) In effect; applicable.

   Some of the old laws against treason are no longer in force.

Related terms

• in full force

Translations

applicable

• Catalan: vigent (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傾力／倾力

• Finnish: voimassa (fi)
• French: en vigueur (fr)
• German: in Kraft (de)
• Greek: εν ισχύι (en ischýi)
• Irish: i bhfeidhm
• Italian: vigente (it), in vigore
• Korean: 유효한 (yuhyohan)
• Portuguese: em vigor, vigente (pt)
• Spanish: en vigor, vigente (es)
• Welsh: mewn grym

Anagrams

• Conifer, conifer, fir-cone, force in