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    [fôrm]
    noun
    form (noun) · forms (plural noun)
    1. the visible shape or configuration of something:
      "the form, color, and texture of the tree"
      • arrangement of parts; shape:
        "the entities underlying physical form"
      • the body or shape of a person or animal:
        "she admired his muscular form"
      • arrangement and style in literary or musical composition:
        "these videos are a triumph of form over content"
    2. a particular way in which a thing exists or appears; a manifestation:
      "her obsession has taken the form of compulsive exercise"
      • any of the ways in which a word may be spelled, pronounced, or inflected:
        "an adjectival rather than adverbial form"
      • the structure of a word, phrase, sentence, or discourse:
        "every distinction in meaning is associated with a distinction in form"
      • philosophy
        the essential nature of a species or thing, especially (in Plato's thought) regarded as an abstract ideal which real things imitate or participate in.
    3. a type or variety of something:
      "sponsorship is a form of advertising"
      • an artistic or literary genre:
        "a form is as good as the writer who chooses it"
      • botany
        a taxonomic category that ranks below variety, which contains organisms differing from the typical kind in some trivial, frequently impermanent, character, e.g. a color variant. Compare with subspecies and variety
    4. the customary or correct method or procedure; what is usually done:
      "an excessive concern for legal form and precedent"
      • a formality or item of mere ceremony:
        "the outward forms of religion"
      • a set order of words; a formula:
        "a form of words"
    5. a mold, frame, or block in or on which something is shaped.
      • a temporary structure for holding fresh concrete in shape while it sets.
    6. a printed document with blank spaces for information to be inserted:
      "an application form"
    7. BRITISH ENGLISH
      a class or year in a school, usually given a specifying number:
      "the fifth form"
    8. the state of an athlete or sports team with regard to their current standard of performance:
      "illness has affected his form" · "they've been in good form this season"
      • details of previous performances by a racehorse or greyhound:
        "an interested bystander studying the form"
    9. BRITISH ENGLISH
      a long bench without a back.
    10. printing
      variant spelling of forme
    11. BRITISH ENGLISH
      a hare's lair.
    verb
    form (verb) · forms (third person present) · formed (past tense) · formed (past participle) · forming (present participle)
    1. bring together parts or combine to create (something):
      "the company was formed in 1982"
      • (form people/things into)
        organize people or things into (a group or body):
        "peasants and miners were formed into a militia"
      • go to make up or constitute:
        "the precepts that form the basis of the book"
      • gradually appear or develop:
        "a thick mist was forming all around"
      • conceive (an idea or plan) in one's mind:
        "to form a judgement he seeks further information"
      • enter into or contract (a relationship):
        "the women would form supportive friendships"
      • articulate (a word, speech sound, or other linguistic unit).
      • construct (a new word) by derivation or inflection.
    2. make or fashion into a certain shape or form:
      "form the dough into balls"
      • (be formed)
        have a specified shape:
        "her body was slight and flawlessly formed"
      • military
        (form into)
        be made or fashioned into a certain shape or form:
        "his strong features formed into a smile of pleasure"
      • shape or develop by training or discipline.
      • influence or shape (something abstract):
        "the role of the news media in forming public opinion"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French forme (noun), fo(u)rmer (verb, from Latin formare ‘to form’), both based on Latin forma ‘a mold or form’.
    -form
    [fôːm]
    combiningform
    1. having the form of:
      "cruciform"
    2. having a particular number of:
      "multiform"
    Origin
    from French -forme, from Latin -formis, from forma ‘form’.
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    noun
    1. the visible shape or configuration of something:
      shape
      configuration
      formation
      conformation
      structure
      construction
      arrangement
      disposition
      appearance
      exterior
      contours
      lines
      outline
      silhouette
      profile
      design
      format
      cut
      pattern
      mold
      outward form/appearance
    2. a particular way in which a thing exists or appears; a manifestation:
      manifestation
      appearance
      embodiment
      incarnation
      semblance
      shape
      guise
      character
      description
      expression
      • a type or variety of something:
        kind
        sort
        type
        order
        class
        classification
        category
        variety
        genre
        brand
        style
        species
        genus
        family
        generation
        breed
        strain
        denomination
        phylum
        • the customary or correct method or procedure; what is usually done:
          etiquette
          custom
          usage
          use
          habit
          wont
          protocol
          procedure
          rules
          convention
          tradition
          fashion
          style
          routine
          ritual
          pattern
          regimen
          policy
          method
          system
          way
          rule
          formula
          modus operandi
          praxis
          good manners
          manners
          social practice
          set formula
          polite behavior
          correct behavior
          acceptable conduct
          Opposite:
          bad form
        • a printed document with blank spaces for information to be inserted:
          questionnaire
          document
          coupon
          paper
          entry form
          report
          return
          record
          tear-off slip
          sheet of paper
          application (form)
        • a class or year in a school, usually given a specifying number:
          class
          year
          set
          stream
          band
          grade
          school group
          tutor group
        • the state of an athlete or sports team with regard to their current standard of performance:
          fitness
          condition
          fettle
          shape
          trim
          health
          physical fitness
          state of health
          • a long bench without a back.
            bench
            pew
            settle
            stall
            long seat
          • a hare's lair.
            lair
            den
            drey
            lodge
            burrow
            set
          verb
          1. bring together parts or combine to create (something):
            set up
            devise
            establish
            found
            launch
            float
            create
            organize
            institute
            start
            begin
            initiate
            bring about
            inaugurate
            arrange
            draw up
            line up
            assemble
            sort
            order
            range
            array
            dispose
            marshal
            deploy
            gather
            group
            place
            position
            rank
            grade
            bring into being
            put in place
            get going
            lay the foundations of
            Opposite:
            abolish
            dissolve
          2. make or fashion into a certain shape or form:
            make
            fashion
            shape
            model
            mold
            forge
            found
            cast
            sculpt
            hew
            carve
            construct
            build
            manufacture
            fabricate
            assemble
            put together
            create
            produce
            concoct
            devise
            contrive
            frame

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