Definition of "forces" []

• Plural form of force. (noun)
• Troops (plural only). (noun)
• The orchestral instrumentation (and voices) used in a musical production (nearly always used in plural form only). (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of force. (verb)

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• "States to keep troops in time of peace, and they are expressly distinguished and placed in a separate category from land or naval forces in the sixteenth paragraph above quoted; and the words _land_ and _naval forces_ are shown by paragraphs 12, 13, and 14, to mean the Army and Navy of the Confederate States."
• "Perhaps an episode where the McKinley High School Glee Club and the A/V Club join forces is a mere pipe dream (Fellow Gleeks: we can only imagine the possibilities with Jacob Ben Israel)."
• "Of course the point where the two join forces is fascinating."