form

form: noun

1》 visible shape or configuration.

    ↘style, design, and arrangement in an artistic work as distinct from its content.

2》 a way in which a thing exists or appears: essays in book form.

    ↘any of the ways in which a word may be spelled, pronounced, or inflected.

    ↘Philosophy the essential nature of a species or thing, especially (in Plato's thought) regarded as an abstract ideal which real things imitate or participate in.

3》 a type or variety.

4》 the customary or correct method or procedure.

    ↘a ritual or convention.

5》 a printed document with blank spaces for information to be inserted.

6》 chiefly Brit. a class or year in a school.

7》 the state of a sports player with regard to their current standard of play.

    ↘details of previous performances by a racehorse or greyhound.

    ↘a person's mood and state of health.

    ↘Brit. informal a criminal record.

8》 Brit. a long bench without a back.

9》 Printing, chiefly US variant spelling of forme.

10》 Brit. a hare's lair.

11》 a temporary wooden structure used to hold concrete during setting.

verb

1》 combine to create (something).

    ↘go to make up.

    ↘establish or develop.

    ↘articulate (a word or other linguistic unit).

2》 make or be made into a particular form: form the dough into balls.

    ↘(form people/things up or form up) chiefly Military bring or be brought into a certain formation.

Phrases

in (or chiefly Brit. on) form playing or performing well.

off (or chiefly Brit. out of) form not playing or performing well.

Derivatives

formability noun

formable adjective

formless adjective

formlessly adverb

formlessness noun

Origin

ME: from OFr. forme (n.), fo(u)rmer (v.), both based on L. forma 'a mould or form'.

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Synonyms:

Shape (with especial reference to structure), figure, configuration, conformation, mould, fashion, cast, cut, tournure, Fashion, shape, mould / Mould, pattern, model / Arrangement, organization, combination, law of combination, principle of arrangement or synthesis, a priori principle / Mode, method, formula, formulary, ritual, established practice, Make, create, produce / Manner, system, sort, kind, order, Contrive, devise, invent, frame / Regularity, order, arrangement, shapeliness, Constitute, compose, make up / Ceremony, formality, ceremonial, ritual, conventionality, etiquette, conventional rule, Arrange, dispose, combine / Empty show, mere appearance / Bench, long seat (without a back) / Class, rank of students / Type in a chase (ready for printing)

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Form — may mean: *Form, the shape, appearance, or configuration, of an object *Form (furniture), a long seat or bench without a back *Form (education), a class, set or group of students *Form, a shallow depression or flattened nest of grass used by a… … Wikipedia
Form — (f[=o]rm; in senses 8 & 9, often f[=o]rm in England), n. [OE. & F. forme, fr. L. forma; cf. Skr. dhariman. Cf. {Firm}.] 1. The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular disposition or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Form — (f[^o]rm), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Formed} (f[^o]rmd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Forming}.] [F. former, L. formare, fr. forma. See {Form}, n.] 1. To give form or shape to; to frame; to construct; to make; to fashion. [1913 Webster] God formed man of the dust … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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form — I. noun Etymology: Middle English forme, from Anglo French furme, forme, from Latin forma form, beauty Date: 13th century 1. a. the shape and structure of something as distinguished from its material b. a body (as of a person) especially in its… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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-form — adjective combining form Etymology: French & Latin; French forme, from Latin formis, from forma in the form or shape of ; resembling < filiform > … New Collegiate Dictionary
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form — See: RAN TRUE TO FORM … Dictionary of American idioms

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