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form
1[ fawrm ]
noun
- external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration:
a triangular form.
Synonyms: conformation, mold
Antonyms: substance
- the shape of a thing or person.
- a body, especially that of a human being.
- a dummy having the same measurements as a human body, used for fitting or displaying clothing:
a dressmaker's form.
- something that gives or determines shape; a mold.
- a particular condition, character, or mode in which something appears:
water in the form of ice.
- the manner or style of arranging and coordinating parts for a pleasing or effective result, as in literary or musical composition:
a unique form for the novel.
- Fine Arts.
- the organization, placement, or relationship of basic elements, as lines and colors in a painting or volumes and voids in a sculpture, so as to produce a coherent image; the formal structure of a work of art.
- three-dimensional quality or volume, as of a represented object or anatomical part.
- an object, person, or part of the human body or the appearance of any of these, especially as seen in nature:
His work is characterized by the radical distortion of the human form.
- any assemblage of things of a similar kind constituting a component of a group, especially of a zoological group.
- Crystallography. the combination of all the like faces possible on a crystal of given symmetry.
- due or proper shape; orderly arrangement of parts; good order.
- Philosophy.
- the structure, pattern, organization, or essential nature of anything.
- structure or pattern as distinguished from matter.
- (initial capital letter) Platonism. idea ( def 7c ).
- Aristotelianism. that which places a thing in its particular species or kind.
- Logic. the abstract relations of terms in a proposition, and of propositions to one another.
- a set, prescribed, or customary order or method of doing something.
- a set order of words, as for use in religious ritual or in a legal document:
a form for initiating new members.
- a document with blank spaces to be filled in with particulars before it is executed:
a tax form.
Synonyms: blank
- a typical document to be used as a guide in framing others for like cases:
a form for a deed.
- a conventional method of procedure or behavior:
society's forms.
- a formality or ceremony, often with implication of absence of real meaning:
to go through the outward forms of a religious wedding.
- procedure according to a set order or method.
the elaborate forms prevalent in the courts of renaissance kings.
- procedure or conduct, as judged by social standards:
Such behavior is very bad form.
Good form demands that we go.
- manner or method of performing something; technique:
The violin soloist displayed tremendous form.
- physical condition or fitness, as for performing:
a tennis player in peak form.
- Grammar.
- a word, part of a word, or group of words forming a construction that recurs in various contexts in a language with relatively constant meaning. Compare linguistic form.
- a particular shape of such a form that occurs in more than one shape. In I'm, 'm is a form of am.
- a word with a particular inflectional ending or other modification. Goes is a form of go.
- Linguistics. the shape or pattern of a word or other construction ( substance ).
- Building Trades. temporary boarding or sheeting of plywood or metal for giving a desired shape to poured concrete, rammed earth, etc.
- a grade or class of pupils in a British secondary school or in certain U.S. private schools:
boys in the fourth form.
- British. a bench or long seat.
- British Informal. a criminal record:
She didn't want to believe that her own mother had form.
verb (used with object)
- to construct or frame.
- to make or produce.
Synonyms: create
- to serve to make up; serve as; compose; constitute:
The remaining members will form the program committee.
Synonyms: dispose, systematize
- to frame (ideas, opinions, etc.) in the mind.
- to contract or develop (habits, friendships, etc.).
- to give a particular form or shape to; fashion in a particular manner:
Form the dough into squares.
- to mold or develop by discipline or instructions:
The sergeant's job was to form boys into men.
- Grammar.
- to make (a derivation) by some grammatical change:
The suffix “-ly” forms adverbs from adjectives.
- to have (a grammatical feature) represented in a particular shape:
English forms plurals in “-s”.
- Military. to draw up in lines or in formation.
verb (used without object)
- to take or assume form.
- to be formed or produced:
Ice began to form on the window.
- to take a particular form or arrangement:
The ice formed in patches across the window.
-form
2- a combining form meaning “having the form of ”:
cruciform.
-form
1combining form
- having the shape or form of or resembling
vermiform
cruciform
Form
2/ fɔːm /
noun
- (in the philosophy of Plato) an ideal archetype existing independently of those individuals which fall under it, supposedly explaining their common properties and serving as the only objects of true knowledge as opposed to the mere opinion obtainable of matters of fact Also calledIdea
form
3/ fɔːm /
noun
- the shape or configuration of something as distinct from its colour, texture, etc
- the particular mode, appearance, etc, in which a thing or person manifests itself
water in the form of ice
in the form of a bat
- a type or kind
imprisonment is a form of punishment
- a printed document, esp one with spaces in which to insert facts or answers
an application form
- ( as modifier )
a form letter
- physical or mental condition, esp good condition, with reference to ability to perform
off form
- the previous record of a horse, athlete, etc, esp with regard to fitness
- slang.a criminal record
- style, arrangement, or design in the arts, as opposed to content
- a fixed mode of artistic expression or representation in literary, musical, or other artistic works
sonnet form
sonata form
- a mould, frame, etc, that gives shape to something
- organized structure or order, as in an artistic work
- education a group of children who are taught together; class
- manner, method, or style of doing something, esp with regard to recognized standards
- behaviour or procedure, esp as governed by custom or etiquette
good form
- formality or ceremony
- a prescribed set or order of words, terms, etc, as in a religious ceremony or legal document
- philosophy
- the structure of anything as opposed to its constitution or content
- essence as opposed to matter
- often capital (in the philosophy of Plato) the ideal universal that exists independently of the particulars which fall under it See also Form
- (in the philosophy of Aristotle) the constitution of matter to form a substance; by virtue of this its nature can be understood
- See logical form
- a bench, esp one that is long, low, and backless
- the nest or hollow in which a hare lives
- a group of organisms within a species that differ from similar groups by trivial differences, as of colour
- linguistics
- the phonological or orthographic shape or appearance of a linguistic element, such as a word
- a linguistic element considered from the point of view of its shape or sound rather than, for example, its meaning
- crystallog See crystal form
- taxonomy a group distinguished from other groups by a single characteristic: ranked below a variety
verb
- to give shape or form to or to take shape or form, esp a specified or particular shape
- to come or bring into existence
a scum formed on the surface
- to make, produce, or construct or be made, produced, or constructed
- to construct or develop in the mind
to form an opinion
- tr to train, develop, or mould by instruction, discipline, or example
- tr to acquire, contract, or develop
to form a habit
- tr to be an element of, serve as, or constitute
this plank will form a bridge
- tr to draw up; organize
to form a club
Derived Forms
- ˈformable, adjective
Other Words From
- form·a·ble adjective
- form·a·bly adverb
- half-formed adjective
- mis·form verb
- mis·formed adjective
- non·form noun
- non·form·ing adjective
- o·ver·formed adjective
- self-formed adjective
- sem·i·formed adjective
- sub·form noun
- un·der·form noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of form1
Origin of form2
Word History and Origins
Origin of form1
Origin of form2
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with form , also see run to form ; true to form .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
This form of discrimination is against Google’s own personalized advertising policy.
If you truly believe in love in all its forms, strive to be as sweet and kind as possible, and like nice things, you’re a Charlotte.
In a tweet yesterday, Google announced lead form extensions for Search, Video, and Discovery ads.
Previously in beta, Google Ads announced its updated lead form extension which pops up a form directly from a click on an ad in search, Video, and Discovery.
The league already has called off the NFL scouting combine, at least in its traditional form in Indianapolis.
The same Pediatrics journal notes that 17 states have some form of exception to the standard parental consent requirement.
I mean, physically, mentally, you know, in every way, shape, and form.
And with regular clients that see him at least twice a month, relationships inevitably form.
I ask Atefeh and Monir if they see dancing as a form of income in the future, a potential career.
But probably because we co-edited the Deadline Artists anthologies with our friend Jesse Angelo, we feel a fidelity to the form.
Practise gliding in the form of inflection, or slide, from one extreme of pitch to another.
The supernaturalist alleges that religion was revealed to man by God, and that the form of this revelation is a sacred book.
Arches more graceful in form, or better fitted to defy the assaults of time, I have never seen.
As company after company appeared, we were able to form a pretty exact estimate of their numbers.
And remember it is by our hypothesis the best possible form and arrangement of that lesson.
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What Is The Plural Of Form?
Plural word for form
The plural form of form is forms. Typically, the plural form of words ending in -m is created in the standard way, by adding –s, as in term/terms, alarm/alarms, and worm/worms. The word form is also used as a verb whose third-person singular form is forms, as in He forms his own opinions.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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