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Definition of 'Form'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) form
external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration:
a triangular form.

2.  form
the shape of a thing or person.

3.  form
a body, esp. that of a human being.

4.  form
a dummy having the same measurements as a human body, used for fitting or displaying clothing.

5.  form
something that gives or determines shape; a mold.

6.  form
a particular condition, character, or mode in which something appears:
water in the form of ice.

7.  form
the manner or style of arranging and coordinating parts for a pleasing or effective result, as in literary or musical composition.

8.  form
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.

9.  form
a particular kind, type, species, or variety, esp. of a zoological group.

10.  form
the combination of all the like faces possible on a crystal of given symmetry.

11.  form
due or proper shape; orderly arrangement of parts; good order.

12.  form
Philos.

13.  form
the structure, organization, or essential character of something, as opposed to its matter.

14.  form
(cap.) Platonism.

15.  form
Aristotelianism. that which places a thing in its particular species or kind.

16.  form
a set, prescribed, or customary order or method of doing something.

17.  form
a set order of words, as for use in religious ritual or in a legal document; formula.

18.  form
a document with blank spaces to be filled in with particulars:
a tax form.

19.  form
a conventional method of procedure or behavior:
society's forms.

20.  form
procedure according to a set order or method.

21.  form
conformity to the usages of society; formality; ceremony.

22.  form
manner or method of performing something; technique:
The violinist displayed excellent form.

23.  form
physical condition or fitness, as for performing:
a tennis player in peak form.

24.  form
a particular shape of a word that occurs in more than one shape: In I'm, 'm is a form of am.

25.  form
a word with a particular inflectional ending or other modification: Goes is a form of go.

26.  form
the external shape or pattern of a word or other construction, as distinguished from its meaning, function, etc.

27.  form
temporary boarding or sheeting of plywood or metal for giving a desired shape to poured concrete, rammed earth, etc.

28.  form
a grade or class of pupils in a British secondary school or in certain U.S. private schools.

29.  form
a bench or long seat.

30.  form
an assemblage of printing types, leads, etc., secured in a chase to print from.

31. (v.t.) form
to construct or frame.

32.  form
to make or produce.

33.  form
to serve to make up; compose; constitute:
Three citizens form the review board.

34.  form
to place in order; arrange; organize.

35.  form
to frame (ideas, opinions, etc.) in the mind.

36.  form
to contract or develop (habits, friendships, etc.).

37.  form
to give form or shape to; shape; fashion.

38.  form
to give a particular form or shape to:
Form the dough into squares.

39.  form
to mold or develop by discipline or instructions.

40.  form
to produce (a word or class of words) by adding an affix, combining elements, or changing the shape of the form: to form the plural by adding -s.

41. (v.i.) form
to take or assume form.

42.  form
to be formed or produced:
Ice began to form on the window.

43.  form
to take a particular form or arrangement:
The ice formed in patches across the window.

Etymology: (1175–1225; ME forme < OF < L fōrma form, mold, sort, ML: seat)

Definition of 'Form'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) form, word form, signifier, descriptor
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"

2. (noun) kind, sort, form, variety
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
"sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"

3. (noun) form, shape, 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"

4. (noun) shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
"he could barely make out their shapes"

5. (noun) human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, 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"

6. (noun) shape, form
the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
"geometry is the mathematical science of shape"

7. (noun) form, shape, cast
the visual appearance of something or someone
"the delicate cast of his features"

8. (noun) form
a printed document with spaces in which to write
"he filled out his tax form"

9. (noun) form, variant, strain, var.
(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
"a new strain of microorganisms"

10. (noun) form
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"

11. (noun) form
a particular mode in which something is manifested
"his resentment took the form of extreme hostility"

12. (noun) phase, form
(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"

13. (noun) class, form, grade, course
a body of students who are taught together
"early morning classes are always sleepy"

14. (noun) form
an ability to perform well
"he was at the top of his form"; "the team was off form last night"

15. (noun) mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, form
a life-size dummy used to display clothes

16. (verb) form
a mold for setting concrete
"they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation"

17. (verb) form, organize, organise
create (as an entity)
"social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"

18. (verb) form, constitute, make
to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"
"The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"

19. (verb) form, take form, take shape, spring
develop into a distinctive entity
"our plans began to take shape"

20. (verb) shape, form
give shape or form to
"shape the dough"; "form the young child's character"

21. (verb) shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
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"

22. (verb) imprint, form
establish or impress firmly in the mind
"We imprint our ideas onto our children"

23. (verb) form
assume a form or shape
"the water formed little beads"

Definition of 'Form'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) form
the particular way sth is expressed, appears, or seems
just another form of discrimination; protection in the form of helmets and knee pads; an artistic idea that can be expressed in many different forms

2.  form
an official document onto which you write information
legal forms and documents; to fill out a form

3.  form
the shape of sb or sth; = outline
The building appeared as a shapeless form in the darkness.

4.  form
level of ability or performance

5.  form
in top form
performing or playing at the highest level at which you are able
a basketball player in top form

6.  form
a class of students in a school
***children in the sixth form

7. (verb) form
to develop or exist or make develop or exist
Ice had formed on the pond.; Everyone stand up and form a circle.; We decided to form a punk rock band.; The idea had not yet fully formed in my head.

8.  form
to be or function as sth
These women form the core of the group.

Definition of 'Form'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Form
a suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform

2. (noun) Form
the shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular disposition or arrangement of matter, giving it individuality or distinctive character; configuration; figure; external appearance

3. (noun) Form
constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system; as, a republican form of government

4. (noun) Form
established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer

5. (noun) Form
show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality; as, a matter of mere form

6. (noun) Form
orderly arrangement; shapeliness; also, comeliness; elegance; beauty

7. (noun) Form
a shape; an image; a phantom

8. (noun) Form
that by which shape is given or determined; mold; pattern; model

9. (noun) Form
a long seat; a bench; hence, a rank of students in a school; a class; also, a class or rank in society

10. (noun) Form
the seat or bed of a hare

11. (noun) Form
the type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase

12. (noun) Form
the boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body

13. (noun) Form
the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech; as, participial forms; verbal forms

14. (noun) Form
the combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid

15. (noun) Form
that assemblage or disposition of qualities which makes a conception, or that internal constitution which makes an existing thing to be what it is; -- called essential or substantial form, and contradistinguished from matter; hence, active or formative nature; law of being or activity; subjectively viewed, an idea; objectively, a law

16. (noun) Form
mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect; as, water assumes the form of ice or snow. In modern usage, the elements of a conception furnished by the mind's own activity, as contrasted with its object or condition, which is called the matter; subjectively, a mode of apprehension or belief conceived as dependent on the constitution of the mind; objectively, universal and necessary accompaniments or elements of every object known or thought of

17. (noun) Form
the peculiar characteristics of an organism as a type of others; also, the structure of the parts of an animal or plant

18. (noun) Form
to give form or shape to; to frame; to construct; to make; to fashion

19. (noun) Form
to give a particular shape to; to shape, mold, or fashion into a certain state or condition; to arrange; to adjust; also, to model by instruction and discipline; to mold by influence, etc.; to train

20. (noun) Form
to go to make up; to act as constituent of; to be the essential or constitutive elements of; to answer for; to make the shape of; -- said of that out of which anything is formed or constituted, in whole or in part

21. (noun) Form
to provide with a form, as a hare. See Form, n., 9

22. (noun) Form
to derive by grammatical rules, as by adding the proper suffixes and affixes

23. (verb) Form
to take a form, definite shape, or arrangement; as, the infantry should form in column

24. (verb) Form
to run to a form, as a hare

Translation of 'Form'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (a) shape; outward appearance He saw a strange form in the darkness.
Afrikaans: vorm	Arabic: شَكْل، هَيْئَه، صورَه	Bulgarian: форма
Brazilian: vulto	Czech: tvar; postava	German: die Form, die Gestalt
Danish: form; skikkelse	Greek: μορφή, σχήμα	Spanish: forma
Estonian: kuju, vorm	Farsi: شکل؛ شمایل	Finnish: muoto
French: forme, silhouette	Hebrew: צוּרָה	Hindi: आकृति
Croatian: oblik, lik	Hungarian: alak, forma	Indonesian: bentuk
Icelandic: form; vera (útlínur)	Italian: forma, figura, sagoma	Japanese: 形
Korean: 모양, 외형	Lithuanian: forma, pavidalas	Latvian: forma;ārējais veids; apve
Malay: bentuk	Dutch: gedaante	Norwegian: form, skikkelse
Polish: kształt	Persian: شکل؛ شمایل	Pashto: بڼه، شکل
Portuguese: vulto	Russian: форма; очертание	Slovak: postava
Slovenian: oblika	Serbian: oblik	Swedish: gestalt, skepnad, figur
Thai: รูปทรง	Turkish: biçim, şekil, görüntü	Taiwanese: 形狀
Ukrainian: форма	Urdu: شکل، باہری ہیئت	Vietnamese: hình dáng
Chinese: 形状
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