Form

Meaning

Noun

●

To do with shape.

The

or

structure of a

or person.

A

that

to other

s

a mold.

Regularity,

, or elegance.

A long

with no back.

The

of a

. In

, more

, the human body.

●

In Philosophy:

To do with shape.

The

of an

; that which the

itself

as the

of

; that in which the

of a

consists.

●

In Crystallography:

To do with shape.

The

of

included under a general

crystallographic

. It is not

a

solid.

●

To do with structure or procedure.

An order of doing things,

ritual.

Established method of

or

;

way of

;

or

; formula.

Constitution;

of

, organization, etc.; system.

Show without

;

, outside

;

,

, or

;

conventionality

; formality.

A

or

in society.

Level of performance.

●

In British English:

To do with structure or procedure.

A

criminal record

;

,

(in a given area).

●

In British English & Education:

To do with structure or procedure.

A

or year of school

(often

by an

to

the year,

form).

●

A

or

to be

by the user.

●

A

to be

or imitated.

●

In Grammar:

A

of

which

in different

; the particular

or structure of a

or part of speech.

●

In Hares:

The

or home of a hare.

●

In Computing & Programming:

A

or

box.

●

In Taxonomy:

An

rank.

●

In Printing:

The type or other

from which an

is to be

,

and

in a chase.

●

In Geometry:

A quantic.

●

In Sports:

A specific way of

a movement.

●

Acronym of family,

,

,

: a set of potential

of

for use by

etc.

Verb

●

To

(a certain

or

structure).

●

To give (a

or

structure) to a

or person.

●

To take shape.

●

To

or

bring into being

; assemble.

●

In Linguistics:

To create (a

) by

or derivation.

●

To

, to

, to make up.

●

To

or model by

or discipline.

●

To provide (a

) with a form.

●

To

(plates) to

them for

into a

storage battery

,

one

to be

of

lead, and the other of lead

. This was formerly done by

of the

current, but

the

or

were

or

, one with a

of

and the other with

,

into the cell, and

by a

current.

Sourced from

Origin

form

English

forme

Middle English (1100-1500)

forme

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

forma

Latin

μόρφα

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

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