formation in English dictionary

  • formation

    Meanings and definitions of "formation"

    • Something possessing structure or form.
    • The act of assembling a group or structure.
    • (geology) A rock or face of a mountain.
    • (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc.
    • (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
    • The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
    • noun
      Something possessing structure or form.
    • noun
      The act of assembling a group or structure.
    • noun
      (geology)
      A rock or face of a mountain.
    • noun
      (military)
      A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc.
    • noun
      (military)
      An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
    • noun
      The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
    • noun
      The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.
    • something possessing structure or form
    • act of assembling a group or structure
    • geology: rock or face of a mountain
    • military: grouping of units under a command
    • military: arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft
    • process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation
    • (military) formation
    • (parading in) formation
    • noun
      an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"
    • noun
      a particular spatial arrangement
    • noun
      creation by mental activity; "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories"
    • noun
      (geology) the geological features of the earth
    • noun
      natural process that causes something to form; "the formation of gas in the intestine"; "the formation of crystals"; "the formation of pseudopods"
    • noun
      the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
    • noun
      the act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"

    Synonyms of "formation" in English dictionary

    beginning, shaping, establishment are the top synonyms of "formation" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of formation

    • formation ( plural  formations)
    • formation (plural formations)
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