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Meaning form meaning

What does form mean?
Definitions in simple English

form Noun

— Form is the shape or structure of a person or a thing. — A thing that makes shapes to other things, as in a mold. — Form is a blank document which is to be filled in by a person. To join with the club, please fill in this application form.

form Verb

— If you form something, you give it shape or structure.

form

— noun the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached — noun (= kind) a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality sculpture is a form of art what kinds of desserts are there? — noun (= pattern) a perceptual structure the composition presents problems for students of musical form a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them — verb create (as an entity) social groups form everywhere They formed a company — verb (= make) to compose or represent This wall forms the background of the stage setting The branches made a roof This makes a fine introduction — noun (= shape) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) he could barely make out their shapes — noun (= human body, physique, flesh) alternative names for the body of a human being Leonardo studied the human body he has a strong physique the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak — verb (= take shape) develop into a distinctive entity our plans began to take shape — verb (= shape) give shape or form to shape the dough form the young child's character — verb (= shape, work, mold, mould) make something, usually for a specific function She molded the rice balls carefully Form cylinders from the dough shape a figure Work the metal into a sword — noun (= shape) the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance geometry is the mathematical science of shape — noun (= cast) the visual appearance of something or someone the delicate cast of his features — verb (= imprint) establish or impress firmly in the mind We imprint our ideas onto our children — noun a printed document with spaces in which to write he filled out his tax form — noun an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse the essay was in the form of a dialogue he first sketches the plot in outline form — noun a particular mode in which something is manifested his resentment took the form of extreme hostility — noun (= strain) (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups a new strain of microorganisms — verb assume a form or shape the water formed little beads — noun an ability to perform well he was at the top of his form the team was off form last night — noun a mold for setting concrete they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation — noun (= phase) (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system — noun (= class) a body of students who are taught together early morning classes are always sleepy — noun (= mannequin) a life-size dummy used to display clothes

Synonyms form synonyms

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form English » English

shape figure make appearance mold create build style fashion constitute pattern organize mould construct establish type body structure physique frame manner take shape model blank sort set up kind image compose outline make up format class cast way mode configuration work variety questionnaire produce look found face character aspect state order grade forge

Topics form topics

What do people use form to talk about?
States Quality

Shape
Grammar General words

Be
Work and occupation Occupation Working with minerals

Working with clay
Language and thought Teach

School
Social behavior Social activity Come together, form a group

Organization

  • What words refer to starting an organization?
    form organize
Work and occupation Occupation Working with minerals

Working with glass
Physical actions Arrange

Gather
Physical actions Arrange

Multiple things moving
Grammar General words Be

Exist
Grammar General words Do

Make
Social behavior

Relationships
Social behavior Relationships Types of people

Working relationship
Universe, creation

Living things
Person Sense, perceive See Visible

Appear
Language and thought Think Mind

Imagine
Social behavior Conflict

War
States Quantity Whole, complete

Part
States Time Aspectual time Age

Old fashioned
Grammar Connected with, related Dependency relations

Basis

Conjugation form conjugation

How do you conjugate form?

form · verb

Examples form examples

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Simple sentences

Democracy is one form of government.
Atoms form molecules.
In chemistry, can nitrogen form a single bond?
Democracy is a form of government.
Can you help me fill out this form?
Adjectives in English are often used as adverbs with no change in form.
Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
Even if your sentences were actually senseless, you at least have the luck to be able to form beautiful sentences.
Complete the following form to know who you could have been in a previous life.
There are things in this world which simply cannot be expressed in the form of words.
You should try to form the habit of using your dictionaries.
It is important that you attach your photo to the application form.
We came together to form a group.
Please fill in the application form and send it back by November 2nd.
Please fill out this form first.
Fill out the form in ballpoint.
Tom filled out the application form.
Jogging has become the favorite form of exercise.
Can you tell me how to fill in this form?
Please mail this form to your insurance company.
Would you please fill out this form?
Please fill out this form.

Movie subtitles

And in the same way, without water, there's nothing to allow the atoms - the carbon and oxygen and trace elements - to form the molecules that would give rise to the chemistry of life.
They can't move around and interact, just the same way that on a frozen world, the atoms and molecules can't move around and interact to form the chemistry necessary for life.
The water allows the sand grains to flow together and intermingle and form more complex structures.
In the same way, water acts like a cocktail mixer, allowing the atoms and molecules to come together and ultimately form the building blocks of life.
It's estimated that since the emergence of Earth's first life form, 1 00 billion species have existed on the planet.
And for a long time, scientists believed that every single life form on Earth got their energy from our star.
The key question is; how far down does the water persist beneath the surface and if you go far enough, is the pressure and temperature high enough that the water would be liquid, not in the form of ice?
On Earth, methane is a flammable gas, but the temperatures on Titan are so cold, minus 1 80 degrees Celsius, that the methane can form liquid.
Things can flow around, begin to form bonds.
But if we don't have a life form at all, we don't have the potential for anything.
Form now on, don't call me Dol Soe.
Can you upload the referral form to the Central Infirmary Burns Unit once we've got all the necessary information?
I go for the lowest form of man because I'm afraid to be with someone I might actually connect with.
The doctor's going to bring you a consent form for you to sign.
Here you see the result and you see that the hydrogen clouds form a spiral shaped band around the Galactic Centre.
Here is the Sun, here the Galactic Centre and the hydrogen clouds form an arm around it.
I never signed that form. - Doesn't matter.
He never signed the form.
The form doesn't matter, even Doc said that.
Would that make you a different life-form than humans?
Oh, no. Unless he's Maxwell's demon somehow represented in human form, such power is inconceivable.
All that remains are solely her instincts as a life-form.
Power without heart, that's only a form of weakness.
You have said that St. Michael appeared to you.in what form?
In deed as well! You only respect the form!
They take the form of wolves and bats.
Sometimes they take the form of wolves, but generally of bats.
It's one the boys form headquarters.
A driving licence form and some other ID stuff you'll need to fill in.
Why, it's nothing but a racing form, you smack-off.
That's nothing but a racing form.
You probably don't know there's an old blue law that classifies a racing form as gambling paraphernalia.
I hope Jekyll's in form today.
He's always in form.
JUST AS A MATTER OF FORM.
If any form of pleasure is exhibited, report to me, and it will be prohibited.
If she committed suicide with laudanum she probably took it in its true form. and we'll find it in that or very close to that state.
Get in line. Form a straight line.

News and current affairs

The Union's members should form a series of overlapping circles: different combinations of members should be able to pool their responsibilities in different areas of their own choosing.
If this constitution were accepted in anything like the proposed form, the EU would gain many attributes and trappings of statehood: its own president and foreign minister, its own legal system.
Moreover, major advanced economies, such as the United States, Germany, and Japan, face longer-term fiscal problems in the form of aging populations or oversize welfare states, limiting their capacity to contribute to demand management.
Concerning external demand, intra-European help in the form of reflationary policies in stronger economies is unlikely to prove sufficient, owing primarily to the fiscal and political conditions prevailing in Germany.
While democracy is, no doubt, the form of governance that best preserves human rights, the two are not the same thing.
It's hard to know when the next shock will hit, or what form it will take; otherwise, it wouldn't be a shock.
In fact, they have more in common than meets the eye, for each speaks of a rupture with the past while incarnating a form of continuity.
Royal openly claims Mitterand's legacy as she searches for legitimacy, while Sarkozy's rejection of Chirac's legacy has more to do with form than substance.
Reef-based activities (principally fishing and tourism) form the economic livelihood of millions more.
In essence, the form of government we seek within Germany and across Europe is built on a sense of moral discourse and moral decision-making rather than on the supposedly eternal truth of some abstract political concept.
But, while this scenario has a certain ring of truth, surely any breakup would be highly traumatic, with the euro diving before its rump form recovered.
Yet the DPJ will form the next government because of public disgust with the LDP.
An especially egregious form of corporate special treatment is that afforded to the drug companies.
Gallup's results, which form the basis of the World Giving Index 2014, indicate that approximately 2.3 billion people, a third of the world's population, perform at least one altruistic act per month.
By contrast, 2009 is likely to pave the way to a new form of bipolarity, but with China substituting for the Soviet Union.
But the real problem stems from another form of contagion: bad ideas move easily across borders, and misguided economic notions on both sides of the Atlantic have been reinforcing each other.
But even the best adjustment program cannot be financed without some contribution by private creditors, i.e., some form of rescheduling.
They do not form a formidable presence, as in Nigeria, where some Muslim-majority states in the north have even implemented Sharia Law, making them more or less Islamic states.
When Muslims form a minority, they have tended to co-exist peacefully with other religions, but where their populations are substantial (as in Nigeria), they tend to assert themselves.
For most of the last decade, the DPJ was not seen as a viable alternative to the LDP, although they appeared to form a pseudo-two-party system.

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