Form

form (English)

Etymology

From - forme||shape, figure, manner, bench, frame, seat, condition, agreement, etc., from - en - la|en - |shape, figure, image, outline, plan, mold, frame, case, etc., manner, sort, kind, etc.

Pronunciation

  • - /fɔːm/,

    /fO:m/

  • - /fɔɹm/,

    /fOr\m/

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  • Rhymes: ɔː(r)m
  • Noun

    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.

  • To apply for the position, complete the application form.
  • A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages.

    Characteristics not involving atomic components.

    A criminal_record; loosely, past history (in a given area).

    * 2011, Jane Martinson, The Guardian, 4 May 2011:

    *: It's fair to say she has form on this: she has criticised David Cameron's proposal to create all-women shortlists for prospective MPs, tried to ban women wearing high heels at work as the resulting pain made them take time off work, and tried to reduce the point at which an abortion can take place from 24 to 21 weeks.

    - sixth form).

    * 1928, George Bickerstaff, The mayor, and other folk

    *: One other day after afternoon school, Mr. Percival came behind me and put his hand on me. " Let me see, what's your name ? Which form are you in ?...

    * 1976, Ronald King, School and college: studies of post-sixteen education

    *: From the sixth form will come the scholars and the administrators.

    The den or home of a hare.

    * 1621,

    Robert Burton

    , The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.iii.1.2:

    *: The Egyptians therefore in their hieroglyphics expressed a melancholy man by a hare sitting in her form, as being a most timorous and solitary creature.

    * 1974,

    Lawrence Durrell

    , Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 275:

    *: Hares left their snug ‘forms’ in the cold grass.

    A long bench with no back.

    *1974,

    GB Edwards

    , The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 10:

    *:I can see the old schoolroom yet: the broken-down desks and the worn-out forms with knots in that got stuck into your backside ....

    * 2010,

    Stephen Fry

    , The Fry Chronicles:

    *: The prefect grabbed me by the shoulders and steered me down a passageway, and down another and finally through a door that led into a long, low dining-room crowded with loudly breakfasting boys sitting on long, shiny oak forms, as benches used to be called.

    programming

    A window or dialogue_box.

    * 1998, Gary Cornell, Visual Basic 6 from the ground up (page 426)

    *: While it is quite amazing how much one can do with Visual Basic with the code attached to a single form...

    * Neil Smyth, C# Essentials

    *: Throughout this chapter we will work with a form in a new project.

    Synonyms

  • figure, used when discussing people, not animals
  • shape, used on animals and on persons
  • Related terms

  • formal
  • formula
  • formulaic
  • formulate
  • formulation
  • Derived terms

  • form_class
  • form_factor
  • form_feed
  • form_genera
  • form_genus
  • form_letter
  • form_taxon
  • in_form
  • mid-season_form
  • return_to_form
  • Translations

    shape or visible structure

  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 形式|tr=xíngshì|sc=Hani, - 形狀|sc=Hani, - 形状|tr=xíngzhuàng|sc=Hani
  • Danska - form
  • Holländska - vorm
  • Esperanto - formo
  • Franska - forme
  • Tyska - Form
  • Grekiska - φόρμα
  • Haitian Creole - fòm
  • Interlingua - forma
  • Italienska - forma
  • Japanska - 形状
  • , 形式
  • Latin - forma|f, - figura|f
  • Persiska - شکل
  • , صورت
  • Portugisiska - forma
  • Rumänska - formă
  • Ryska - форма
  • , фигура
  • Scottish Gaelic - cumadh|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic, - cruth|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic, - dèanamh|m
  • Spanska - forma
  • document to be filled

  • Armenian - ձև|tr=jev, - ձեւաթուղթ|tr=jewatʿułtʿ|sc=Armn
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 表格|tr=biǎogē|sc=Hani, - 表|tr=biǎo|sc=Hani
  • Tjeckiska - formulář
  • Danska - formular
  • , blanket
  • Finska - lomake
  • Franska - formulaire
  • Galician: formulario
  • Tyska - Formular
  • Grekiska - φόρμα
  • Greenlandic - blanketti
  • Hindiska - अर्ज़ी
  • Japanska - 用紙
  • Koreanska - 용지
  • Portugisiska - formulário
  • Ryska - бланк
  • , форма, анкета, формуляр
  • Spanska - formulario
  • , forma
  • Svenska - formulär
  • Turkiska - form
  • Verb

    To give shape or visible structure to (a thing or person).

    To take shape.

    linguistics

    To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.

  • By adding "-ness", you can form a noun from an adjective.
  • To constitute, to compose, to make_up.

    * 1948 May, Stanley Pashko, “The Biggest Family”, in w:Boys'_Life|Boys’_Life, Volume 38, Number 5, Boy Scouts of America, ISSN 0006-8608, page 10:

    *: Insects form the biggest family group in nature's kingdom, and also the oldest.

    Related terms

  • format
  • formation
  • Translations

    to give shape

  • Arabiska - شكل
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 構|sc=Hans, - 构|tr=gòu|sc=Hans
  • Danska - forme
  • Holländska - vormen
  • Holländska - vormgeven
  • Esperanto - formi
  • Franska - former
  • Haitian Creole - fòme
  • Italienska - formare
  • Japanska - 形作る
  • Latin - formo, - figuro
  • Portugisiska - formar
  • Russian - ru|придавать форму|tr=pridavát' fórmu, - ru|формовать|tr=formovát', - ru|формировать|tr=formirovát'
  • Spanska - formar
  • Statistics

  • - round|kind|278|form|hundred|believe|white
  • External links

    Anagrams

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    form (Danish)

    Etymology

    From - da - fōrma|shape, form|lang=la.

    Pronunciation

  • - fɒːˀm|lang=da
  • Noun

    en|er

  • Engelska - form
  • shape

    Inflection

    en|er

    Noun

    en|e

    mould

    tin

    a metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc.

    Inflection

    en|e

    External links

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    form (German)

    Verb

    form

    - i|s

    - 1|s|g

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    form (Swedish)

    Pronunciation

  • - audio
  • Noun

    shape

    Declension

    form

    simple:form

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