Form definition
Having the form of.
Plexiform.
suffix
The shape, outline, or configuration of anything; structure as apart from color, material, etc.
noun
To constitute or compose, especially out of separate elements.
The bones that form the skeleton.
verb
A kind, type, or variety.
A cat is a form of mammal.
noun
A way of doing something requiring skill; specif., the style or technique of an athlete, esp. when it is the standard or approved one.
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A long, wooden bench without a back, as formerly in a schoolroom.
noun
(archaic) Beauty.
noun
(gram.) Any of the different variations in which a word may appear due to changes of inflection, spelling, or pronunciation.
“am” is a form of the verb “be”
noun
To mold or shape by training and discipline; train; instruct.
verb
The definition of form is the shape of a person, animal or thing or a piece of paperwork that needs to be filled out.
An example of form is the circular shape of an apple.
An example of form is a job application.
noun
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A grade in a British secondary school or in some American private schools.
The sixth form.
noun
The shape and structure of an object.
The form of a snowflake.
noun
The body or outward appearance of a person or an animal; figure.
In the fog we could see two forms standing on the bridge.
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A model of the human figure or part of it used for displaying clothes.
noun
A mold for the setting of concrete.
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The way in which a thing exists, acts, or manifests itself.
An element usually found in the form of a gas.
noun
(philosophy) The essential or ideal nature of something, especially as distinguished from its matter or material being.
noun
(botany) A subdivision of a variety usually differing in one trivial characteristic, such as flower color.
noun
To produce (a tense, for example) by inflection.
Form the pluperfect.
verb
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To make (a word) by derivation or composition.
verb
To become formed or shaped.
Add enough milk so the dough forms easily into balls.
verb
To come into being by taking form; arise.
Clouds will form in the afternoon.
verb
To assume a specified form, shape, or pattern.
The soldiers formed into a column.
verb
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The ideal nature or essential character of a thing as distinguished from its material manifestation; specif., in Plato, an idea.
noun
(printing) The type, engravings, etc. locked in a frame, or chase, for printing or plating.
noun
The body or figure of a person or animal.
noun
A model of the human figure, esp. one used to display or fit clothes.
noun
Arrangement; esp., orderly arrangement; way in which parts of a whole are organized; pattern; style.
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A specific arrangement, esp. a conventional one.
noun
What is or was to be expected, based on past performances.
To react according to form.
noun
To give shape or form to; fashion; make, as in some particular way.
verb
To build (words) from bases, affixes, etc.
verb
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To construct or make up (a phrase, sentence, etc.)
verb
To be formed; assume shape.
verb
To come into being; take form.
verb
To take a definite or specific form or shape.
verb
Having the form of; shaped like.
Dentiform.
affix
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Having (a specified number of) forms.
Triform.
affix
(1) A paper form used for printing.
A form that must be submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission when stock is sold by a company director, a company officer, or an individual or institution that owns 10 percent or more of a company’s stock. The form must be filed within 10 days of the end of the month in which the ownership change occurred. Also called Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership.
The federal income tax form that is used to calculate the Alternative Minimum Tax, which ensures that individuals with substantial economic income pay at least a minimum amount of tax.
A standard legal document sold or published to be used as a model, or to be prepared by filling in blanks; the outward appearance of something, as opposed to its substance.
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Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula.
noun
Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.
A republican form of government.
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Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality.
A matter of mere form.
noun
A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
To apply for the position, complete the application form.
noun
(grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.
Participial forms; verb forms.
noun
Characteristics not involving atomic components.
noun
(UK) A criminal record; loosely, past history (in a given area).
noun
(archaic) A class or rank in society.
noun
(printing, dated) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.
noun
(fine arts) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
noun
(crystallography) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
noun
To give shape or visible structure to (a thing or person).
When you kids form a straight line I'll hand out the lollies.
verb
(intransitive) To take shape.
When icicles start to form on the eaves you know the roads will be icy.
verb
(linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
By adding "-ness", you can form a noun from an adjective.
verb
To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
Singing in a choir helps to form a child's sociality.
verb
To provide (a hare) with a form.
verb
The particular mode of existence a thing has or takes.
Water in the form of vapor.
noun
Anything used to give shape to something else; mold; specif., a temporary structure of boards or metal into which concrete is poured to set.
noun
A printed document with blank spaces to be filled in.
An application form.
noun
A grade or class in some private schools and in British secondary schools.
noun
Form is defined as to make or construct something.
An example of form is to build a statue out of clay.
verb
Method of arrangement or manner of coordinating elements in verbal or musical composition.
Presented my ideas in outline form; a treatise in the form of a dialogue.
noun
A particular type or example of such arrangement.
The essay is a literary form.
noun
Procedure as determined or governed by regulation or custom.
Gave his consent solely as a matter of form.
noun
Manners or conduct as governed by etiquette, decorum, or custom.
Arriving late to a wedding is considered bad form.
noun
A fixed order of words or procedures, as for use in a ceremony.
noun
A document with blanks for the insertion of details or information.
Insurance forms.
noun
Performance considered with regard to acknowledged criteria.
A musician at the top of her form.
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A pattern of behavior or performance.
Remained true to form and showed up late.
noun
Fitness, as of an athlete or animal, with regard to health or training.
A dog in excellent form.
noun
A racing form.
noun
A linguistic form.
noun
The external aspect of words with regard to their inflections, pronunciation, or spelling.
noun
(chiefly british) A long seat; a bench.
noun
The lair or resting place of a hare.
noun
To give form to; shape.
Form clay into figures.
verb
To make or fashion by shaping.
Form figures out of clay.
verb
To develop in the mind; conceive.
Her reading led her to form a different opinion.
verb
To arrange oneself in.
Holding out his arms, the cheerleader formed a T. The acrobats formed a pyramid.
verb
To organize or arrange.
The environmentalists formed their own party.
verb
To fashion, train, or develop by instruction, discipline, or precept.
Formed the recruits into excellent soldiers.
verb
To come to have; develop or acquire.
He formed the habit of walking to work.
verb
To enter into (a relationship).
They formed a friendship.
verb
A customary or conventional way of acting or behaving; ceremony; ritual; formality.
noun
A fixed order of words; formula.
The form of a wedding announcement.
noun
A particular kind, type, species, or variety.
Man is a form of animal life.
noun
Physical or mental condition with respect to one's performance or effectiveness.
In good form for the game.
noun
The lair or hiding place of a hare, etc.
noun
To develop (habits)
verb
To think of; frame in the mind; conceive.
verb
To come together into; organize into.
To form a club.
verb
To make up; act as; create out of separate elements; constitute.
Thirteen states formed the original Union.
verb
good (or bad) form
- conduct in (or not in) accord with social custom
idiom
Alternative Forms
Alternative Form of form -
iform, newmodel
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
good (<i>or</i> bad) form
Origin of form
- OFr -forme < L forma, form
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
- Middle English forme from Latin fōrma possibly (via Etruscan) from Greek morphē
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- New Latin -fōrmis from Latin fōrma form
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Wiktionary