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form


Definition: Meaning of, form in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / fɔːm /

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  1. type [countable] a particular type of something that exists in many different varieties
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  2. way something is/appears [countable] the way something is or appears to be
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  3. shape [countable] a shape
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  4. document [countable] an official document with spaces where you write information, especially about yourself
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  5. art/literature [uncountable] the structure of a work of art or piece of writing, rather than the ideas it expresses, events it describes etc
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  6. performance [uncountable] how well a sports person, team, musician etc is performing, or has performed recently
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  7. school [countable] British English a class in a school
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  8. grammar [countable] a way of writing or saying a word that shows its number, tense etc. For example, 'was' is a past form of the verb 'to be'.
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  9. criminal record [uncountable] British English informal if someone has form, they are known to the police because they have committed crimes in the past
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  10. bad form old-fashioned behaviour that is considered to be socially unacceptable [=  bad manners]
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  11. form of words a way of expressing something official [=  wording]
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  12. be in good/fine/great etc form British English to be full of confidence and energy, so that you do something well or talk in an interesting or amusing way
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  13. take form to begin to exist or develop
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  14. take form to start to become a particular shape
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
form formed formed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
forming forms
  1. establish [transitive] to establish an organization, committee, government etc
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  2. be part of something [linking verb] to be the thing, or one of the things, that is part of something else, often having a particular use
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  3. start to exist [intransitive,transitive] to start to exist, or make something start to exist, especially as the result of a natural process
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  4. make/produce [transitive] to make something by combining two or more parts
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  5. shape/line [intransitive and transitive] to come together in a particular shape or line, or to make something have a particular shape [=  make]
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  6. relationship [transitive] to establish and develop a relationship with someone
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  7. form an opinion/impression/idea to use available information to develop or reach an opinion or idea
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  8. influence [transitive] to have a strong influence on how someone's character develops and the type of person they become [=  mould]
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form used in phrases

  • application form (noun)
    1. a form to use when making an application
  • art form (noun)
    1. a way of expressing ideas, for example in a painting, dance, piece of writing etc
    2. make/turn something into an art form to do something so often that you become very good at it
  • bound form (noun)
    1. a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns
  • change form (verb)
    1. assume a different shape or form
  • citation form (noun)
    1. the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary
  • claim form (noun)
    1. a form to use when filing a claim
  • combining form (noun)
    1. a word that is combined with another word or another combining form to make a new word, for example 'Anglo', meaning 'English', in the word 'Anglo-American'
  • doubly transitive verb form (noun)
    1. a transitive verb that takes both a direct and an indirect object
  • form bubbles (verb)
    1. become bubbly, frothy or foaming
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form used in phrasal verbs

  • form up (phrasal verb)
    1. if a group of people forms up, they move together in order to create a group that is correctly or tidily arranged
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