form in English dictionary

  • form

    Meanings and definitions of "form"

    • The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
    • A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
    • An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
    • A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
    • (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages.
    • Characteristics not involving atomic components.
    • (UK) A criminal record; loosely, past history (in a given area).
    • (UK, education) A class or year of students (often preceded by an ordinal number to specify the year, as in sixth form).
    • The den or home of a hare.
    • (dated) A long bench with no back.
    • (computing, programming) A window or dialogue box.
    • (transitive) To give shape or visible structure to (a thing or person).
    • (intransitive) To take shape.
    • (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
    • (transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
    • noun
      (heading, physical)
      To do with shape.
    • noun
      (social)
      To do with structure or procedure.
    • noun
      A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
    • noun
      (grammar)
      A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.
    • noun
      The den or home of a hare.
    • noun
      (computing, programming)
      A window or dialogue box.
    • noun
      (taxonomy)
      An infraspecific rank.
    • noun
      (printing, dated)
      The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.
    • noun
      (geometry)
      A quantic.
    • noun
      (sports, fitness)
      A specific way of performing a movement.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To give shape or visible structure to (a thing or person).
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To take shape.
    • verb
      (transitive, linguistics)
      To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To constitute, to compose, to make up.
    • verb
      To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
    • verb
      To provide (a hare) with a form.
    • verb
      (electrical, historical, transitive)
      To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead peroxide. This was formerly done by repeated slow alternations of the charging current, but later the plates or grids were coated or filled, one with a paste of red lead and the other with litharge, introduced into the cell, and formed by a direct charging current.
    • verb
      (generally of a music group or band) To put together or bring into being; assemble.
    • A structured document or template with spaces reserved for entering information and often containing special coding (e.g. to trigger data processing).
    • (taxonomical) form
    • A group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups.
    • To give shape or visible structure to a thing or person.
    • To create something, usually for a specific function.
    • shape or visible structure
    • document to be filled
    • to give shape
    • noun
      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"
    • noun
      any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes"
    • noun
      an ability to perform well; "he was at the top of his form"; "the team was off form last night"
    • 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
      (Aristotelianism) that which places a thing in its particular species or kind.
      Aristotle was the first to distinguish between matter (hyle) and form (morphe).
    • noun
      a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"
    • noun
      a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"
    • noun
      a life-size dummy used to display clothes
    • noun
      a mold for setting concrete; "they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation"
    • noun
      a particular mode in which something is manifested; "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility"
    • noun
      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"
    • noun
      a printed document with spaces in which to write; "he filled out his tax form"
    • noun
      (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms"
    • noun
      (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
      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
      the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape"
    • noun
      the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features"
    • verb
      assume a form or shape; "the water formed little beads"
    • verb
      create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"
    • verb
      develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape"
    • verb
      establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our ideas onto our children"
    • verb
      give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character"
    • verb
      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"
    • verb
      to compose or represent; "This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"

    Synonyms of "form" in English dictionary

    configuration, forge, work are the top synonyms of "form" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of form

    • form ( plural  forms)
    • form ( third-person singular simple present forms, present participle forming, simple past and past participle formed)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza form, lm  liczba mnoga forms form, formed, forms, forming
    • form (countable and uncountable, plural forms)
    • form (third-person singular simple present forms, present participle forming, simple past and past participle formed)
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