Form Meaning and Definition

Word: Form

How to pronounce: fɔːm

Noun

Definitions:

1. The visible shape or configuration of something.

Example sentences: "The form, color, and texture of the tree"

2. A particular way in which a thing exists or appears; a manifestation.

Example sentences: "Her obsession has taken the form of compulsive exercise"

3. A type or variety of something.

Example sentences: "Sponsorship is a form of advertising"

4. The customary or correct method or procedure; what is usually done.

Example sentences: "An excessive concern for legal form and precedent"

5. A mold, frame, or block in or on which something is shaped.

6. A printed document with blank spaces for information to be inserted.

Example sentences: "An application form"

7. A class or year in a school, usually given a specifying number.

Example sentences: "The fifth form"

8. The state of an athlete or sports team with regard to their current standard of performance.

Example sentences: "Illness has affected his form"

9. A long bench without a back.

Example sentences: "The shelter inside was totally dark and one had to grope to find a place to sit on the backless wooden forms."

10. Variant spelling of forme

11. A hare's lair.

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Bring together parts or combine to create (something)

Example sentences: "The company was formed in 1982"

2. Make or fashion into a certain shape or form.

Example sentences: "Form the dough into balls"

Synonyms:

shape

pattern

contour

mould

mold

blank

questionnaire

formular

application form

data card

kind

variety

sort

class

grade

variant

paper

document

develop

originate

arise

appear

build

start

cultivate

constitute

make up

make

compose

produce

comprise

fashion

manner

way

condition

design

frame

style

take form

figure

organise

organize

forge

fabricate

technique

approach

geometry

conformation

configuration

composition

order

trim

anatomy

physique

word form

cast

how

crystallize

Derivations:

forming

formation

formality

formed

formless

formal

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Form in Other Languages...

Spanish: Forma

German: Form

French: Forme

Italian: Forma

Turkish: Form