POLICE FORCE

Meaning of POLICE FORCE in English

poˈlice force BrE AmE noun [countable]

the official police organization in a country or area:

Jones joined the police force in 1983.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

POLICE FORCE — noun Date: 1838 a body of trained officers entrusted by a government with maintenance of public peace and order, enforcement …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POLICE FORCE — noun : a professional body of trained officers and men entrusted by a government with the maintenance of public peace …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POLICE FORCE — police (def. 1). [ 1830-40 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POLICE FORCE — people that serve as police officers; police department
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POLICE FORCE — Date: 1838 : a body of trained officers entrusted by a government with maintenance of public peace and order, enforcement …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POLICE FORCE — Function: noun Date: 1838 : a body of trained officers entrusted by a government with maintenance of public peace and …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
POLICE FORCE — ■ noun an organized body of police officers responsible for a country, district, or town.
Concise Oxford English vocab
POLICE FORCE — [police force] n (1838): a body of trained officers entrusted by a government with maintenance of public peace and order, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POLICE FORCE — noun the police organization of a country, district or town
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POLICE FORCE — ( police forces) A police force is the police organization in a particular country or area. ...the South Wales police …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POLICE FORCE — (~s) A ~ is the police organization in a particular country or area. ...the South Wales ~. N-COUNT: oft N …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POLICE FORCE — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Ferdinand resigned from the police force last May. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Bill Foley …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POLICE FORCE — полиция вооруженные силы; войска по поддержанию мира
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POLICE-FORCE — Полиция
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
POLICE FORCE — Полиция
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
POLICE FORCE — 1. полиция 2. вооружённые силы; войска по поддержанию мира
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
POLICE FORCE — 1. полиция 2. вооружённые силы; войска по поддержанию мира
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
POLICE FORCE — 1. полиция 2. вооружённые силы; войска по поддержанию мира
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
POLICE FORCE — Жандармерия
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
POLICE FORCE — полицейские силы, полиция; полицейское подразделение
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
POLICE FORCE — сущ. 1) полиция; 2) вооруженные силы; войска по поддержанию мира.
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
POLICE FORCE — полиция вооруженные силы; войска по поддержанию мира
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
POLICE — I Body of agents organized to maintain civil order and public safety, enforce the law, and investigate crime. Characteristics common …
Английский словарь Британика
FORCE — I Action that tends to maintain or alter the position of a body or to distort it. It is a …
Английский словарь Британика
POLICE — I. pəˈlēs, pōˈ-, in rapid speech ˈplēs noun ( plural police ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle French, conduct of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FORCE — I. ˈfō(ə)rs, ˈfȯ(ə)rs, ˈfōəs, ˈfȯ(ə)s noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French force, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POLICE — /peuh lees"/ , n. , v. , policed, policing . n. 1. Also called police force . an organized civil …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FORCE — — forceable , adj. — forceless , adj. — forcer , n. — forcingly , adv. /fawrs, fohrs/ , n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POLICE — I. pə-ˈlēs transitive verb ( po·liced ; po·lic·ing ) Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle French policier, from police conduct …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FORCE — I. ˈfȯrs noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin * fortia, from Latin fortis strong Date: 14th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POLICE — vt to keep in order by police. 2. police ·vt to make clean; as, to police a camp. 3. police …
Webster English vocab
FORCE — noun validity; efficacy. 2. force ·noun a waterfall; a cascade. 3. force ·noun to allow the force of; to value; …
Webster English vocab
POLICE — [po.lice] vt po.liced ; po.lic.ing (1589) [in sense 1, fr. MF policier, fr. police conduct of public affairs; in other …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POLICE
Britannica English vocabulary
POLICE — / pəˈliːs; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun (often the police ) [ pl. ] an official organization whose …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FORCE — / fɔːs; NAmE fɔːrs/ noun , verb ■ noun VIOLENT ACTION 1. [ U ] violent physical action used to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POLICE — I. po ‧ lice 1 S1 W1 /pəˈliːs/ BrE AmE noun [plural] [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FORCE — I. force 1 S2 W1 /fɔːs $ fɔːrs/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ forceful , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POLICE — n. & v. --n. 1 (usu. prec. by the) the civil force of a State, responsible for maintaining public order. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FORCE — n. & v. --n. 1 power; exerted strength or impetus; intense effort. 2 coercion or compulsion, esp. with the use …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POLICE — n. & v. n. 1 (usu. prec. by the) the civil force of a State, responsible for maintaining public order. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FORCE — n. & v. n. 1 power; exerted strength or impetus; intense effort. 2 coercion or compulsion, esp. with the use …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POLICE — n. & v. --n. 1. (usu. prec. by the) the civil force of a State, responsible for maintaining public order. …
Oxford English vocab
FORCE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. power; exerted strength or impetus; intense effort. 2 coercion or compulsion, esp. with the …
Oxford English vocab
POLICE — ( polices, policing, policed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The police …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FORCE — ( forces, forcing, forced) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POLICE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a police car ▪ The vehicle was being chased by a police car. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FORCE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a defence force (= group of soldiers, pilots etc trained to defend a country …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POLICE — n. International Criminal Police Organization Boston Police Strike police power Royal Canadian Mounted Police secret police
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
POLICE — n. Body of agents organized to maintain civil order and public safety, enforce the law, and investigate crime. Characteristics common …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
POLICE — Synonyms and related words : Cheka, FBI, Gestapo, Interpol, MP, MVD, Mounties, NKVD, OGPU, RCMP, SP, Scotland Yard, administer, arm, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
POLICE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ armed , mounted ▪ plain-clothes , uniformed ▪ undercover ▪ riot , traffic ▪ military , paramilitary …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
POLICE — n. 25B6; noun the police force, police officers, policemen, policewomen, officers of the law, the forces of law and order; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
POLICE — n. 1 constabulary, policemen, policewomen, police officers, Colloq boys in blue, the (long arm of the) law, the cops, the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
POLICE — noun 1 BAD : The police was not able to find anything. GOOD : The police were not able to …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
POLICE — 1. сущ. 1) а) полиция city police municipal police local police mounted police secret police security police state police police …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FORCE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POLICE — police.ogg 1. pəʹli:s n 1. полиция military railway, detective police - военная железнодорожная, сыскная полиция traffic police - дорожная полиция; …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FORCE — force.ogg 1. fɔ:s n 1. 1> сила, мощь the force of the blow of the explosion - сила удара взрыва …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FORCE — 1) мех. сила; усилие 2) воздействие 3) вмешательство || вмешиваться ( в работу устройства ) ; принуждать, заставлять; форсировать 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
FORCE — 1) мех. сила; усилие 2) воздействие 3) вмешательство || вмешиваться (в работу устройства); принуждать, заставлять; форсировать 4) вставлять с усилием, вдавливать; вгонять, загонять 5) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
FORCE — 1) водопад; каскад 2) полигр. пуансон 3) вынуждать 4) вытеснять 5) нагнетать || нагнетательный 6) перегружать • by force — насильно, вынужденно, принудительно, силой to apply force — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
FORCE
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
POLICE — 1. pəʹli:s n 1. полиция military railway, detective police - военная железнодорожная, сыскная полиция traffic police - дорожная полиция; ГАИ …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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