form

1. noun

1)

the general form of the landscape

form is less important than content

Syn:

shape, configuration, formation, structure, construction, arrangement, appearance, exterior, outline, format, layout, design

2)

the human form

Syn:

body, shape, figure, stature, build, frame, physique, anatomy; informal vital statistics

3)

the infection takes different forms

Syn:

manifestation, appearance, embodiment, incarnation, semblance, shape, guise

4)

sponsorship is a form of advertising

Syn:

kind, sort, type, class, classification, category, variety, genre, brand, style; species, genus, family

5)

put the mixture into a form

Syn:

mold, cast, shape, matrix, die

6)

what is the form here?

Syn:

etiquette, social practice, custom, usage, use, modus operandi, habit, wont, protocol, procedure, rules, convention, tradition, fashion, style; formal praxis

7)

you have to fill in a form

Syn:

questionnaire, document, coupon, paper, sheet

8)

in top form

Syn:

fitness, condition, fettle, shape, trim, health

2. verb

1)

the pads are formed from mild steel

Syn:

make, construct, build, manufacture, fabricate, assemble, put together; create, produce, concoct, devise, contrive, frame, fashion, shape

2)

he formed a plan

Syn:

formulate, devise, conceive, work out, think up, lay, draw up, put together, produce, fashion, concoct, forge, hatch, incubate, develop; informal dream up

3)

they plan to form a company

Syn:

set up, establish, found, launch, float, create, bring into being, institute, start (up), get going, initiate, bring about, inaugurate

Ant:

dissolve

4)

a mist was forming

Syn:

materialize, come into being/existence, crystallize, emerge, spring up, develop; take shape, appear, loom, show up, become visible

Ant:

disappear

5)

the horse may form bad habits

Syn:

acquire, develop, get, pick up, contract, slip into, get into

Ant:

avoid, break

6)

the warriors formed themselves into a diamond pattern

Syn:

arrange, draw up, line up, assemble, organize, sort, order, range, array, dispose, marshal, deploy

7)

the parts of society form an integrated whole

Syn:

constitute, make, make up, compose, add up to

8)

the city formed a natural meeting point

Syn:

constitute, serve as, act as, function as, perform the function of, do duty for, make

9)

teachers form the minds of children

Syn:

develop, mold, shape, train, teach, instruct, educate, school, drill, discipline, prime, prepare, guide, direct, inform, enlighten, inculcate, indoctrinate, edify

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