form

F0263400 (fôrm)n.1. a. The shape and structure of an object: the form of a snowflake.b. The body or outward appearance of a person or an animal; figure: In the fog we could see two forms standing on the bridge.c. A model of the human figure or part of it used for displaying clothes.d. A mold for the setting of concrete.2. a. The way in which a thing exists, acts, or manifests itself: an element usually found in the form of a gas.b. Philosophy The essential or ideal nature of something, especially as distinguished from its matter or material being.3. a. A kind, type, or variety: A cat is a form of mammal.b. Botany A subdivision of a variety usually differing in one trivial characteristic, such as flower color.4. a. Method of arrangement or manner of coordinating elements in verbal or musical composition: presented my ideas in outline form; a treatise in the form of a dialogue.b. A particular type or example of such arrangement: The essay is a literary form.5. a. Procedure as determined or governed by regulation or custom: gave his consent solely as a matter of form.b. Manners or conduct as governed by etiquette, decorum, or custom: Arriving late to a wedding is considered bad form.c. A fixed order of words or procedures, as for use in a ceremony: "As they had never had a funeral aboard a ship, they began rehearsing the forms so as to be ready" (Arthur Conan Doyle).d. A document with blanks for the insertion of details or information: insurance forms.6. a. Performance considered with regard to acknowledged criteria: a musician at the top of her form.b. A pattern of behavior or performance: remained true to form and showed up late.c. Fitness, as of an athlete or animal, with regard to health or training: a dog in excellent form.d. A racing form.7. A grade in a British secondary school or in some American private schools: the sixth form.8. a. A linguistic form.b. The external aspect of words with regard to their inflections, pronunciation, or spelling.9. a. Chiefly British A long seat; a bench.b. The lair or resting place of a hare.v. formed, form·ing, forms v.tr.1. a. To give form to; shape: form clay into figures.b. To make or fashion by shaping: form figures out of clay.c. To develop in the mind; conceive: Her reading led her to form a different opinion.2. a. To arrange oneself in: Holding out his arms, the cheerleader formed a T. The acrobats formed a pyramid.b. To organize or arrange: The environmentalists formed their own party.c. To fashion, train, or develop by instruction, discipline, or precept: formed the recruits into excellent soldiers.3. a. To come to have; develop or acquire: He formed the habit of walking to work.b. To enter into (a relationship): They formed a friendship.4. To constitute or compose, especially out of separate elements: the bones that form the skeleton. 5. a. To produce (a tense, for example) by inflection: form the pluperfect.b. To make (a word) by derivation or composition.v.intr.1. To become formed or shaped: Add enough milk so the dough forms easily into balls.2. To come into being by taking form; arise: Clouds will form in the afternoon.3. To assume a specified form, shape, or pattern: The soldiers formed into a column.

[Middle English forme, from Latin fōrma, possibly (via Etruscan) from Greek morphē.]

form′a·bil′i·ty n.form′a·ble adj.Synonyms: form, figure, shape, contour, profile
These nouns refer to the external outline of a thing. Form is the outline and structure of a thing as opposed to its substance: the pointed form of a pyramid; a brooch in the form of a lovers' knot. Figure refers usually to form as established by bounding or enclosing lines: The cube is a solid geometric figure. Shape can imply either two-dimensional outline or three-dimensional definition that indicates both outline and bulk or mass: paper cutouts in the shape of flowers and stars; "He faced her, a hooded and cloaked shape" (Joseph Conrad).
Contour refers to the outline and often the surface of a three-dimensional figure or body: the streamlined contour of the hybrid vehicle. Profile denotes the outline of something viewed against a background and especially the outline of the human face in side view: The police took a photograph of the mugger's profile.

form

(fɔːm) n1. the shape or configuration of something as distinct from its colour, texture, etc2. the particular mode, appearance, etc, in which a thing or person manifests itself: water in the form of ice; in the form of a bat. 3. a type or kind: imprisonment is a form of punishment. 4. a. a printed document, esp one with spaces in which to insert facts or answers: an application form. b. (as modifier): a form letter. 5. physical or mental condition, esp good condition, with reference to ability to perform: off form. 6. (Individual Sports, other than specified) the previous record of a horse, athlete, etc, esp with regard to fitness7. slang Brit a criminal record8. (Art Terms) style, arrangement, or design in the arts, as opposed to content9. (Art Terms) a fixed mode of artistic expression or representation in literary, musical, or other artistic works: sonata form; sonnet form. 10. a mould, frame, etc, that gives shape to something11. organized structure or order, as in an artistic work12. (Education) education chiefly Brit a group of children who are taught together; class13. manner, method, or style of doing something, esp with regard to recognized standards14. behaviour or procedure, esp as governed by custom or etiquette: good form. 15. formality or ceremony16. a prescribed set or order of words, terms, etc, as in a religious ceremony or legal document17. (Philosophy) philosophy a. the structure of anything as opposed to its constitution or contentb. essence as opposed to matterc. (often capital) (in the philosophy of Plato) the ideal universal that exists independently of the particulars which fall under it. See also Formd. (in the philosophy of Aristotle) the constitution of matter to form a substance; by virtue of this its nature can be understood18. (Logic) See logical form19. Brit a bench, esp one that is long, low, and backless20. (Zoology) the nest or hollow in which a hare lives21. (Biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ from similar groups by trivial differences, as of colour22. (Linguistics) linguistics a. the phonological or orthographic shape or appearance of a linguistic element, such as a wordb. a linguistic element considered from the point of view of its shape or sound rather than, for example, its meaning23. (Chemistry) crystallog See crystal form24. (Biology) taxonomy a group distinguished from other groups by a single characteristic: ranked below a varietyvb25. to give shape or form to or to take shape or form, esp a specified or particular shape26. to come or bring into existence: a scum formed on the surface. 27. to make, produce, or construct or be made, produced, or constructed28. to construct or develop in the mind: to form an opinion. 29. (tr) to train, develop, or mould by instruction, discipline, or example30. (tr) to acquire, contract, or develop: to form a habit. 31. (tr) to be an element of, serve as, or constitute: this plank will form a bridge. 32. (tr) to draw up; organize: to form a club. [C13: from Old French forme, from Latin forma shape, model] ˈformable adj

Form

(fɔːm) n (Philosophy) (in the philosophy of Plato) an ideal archetype existing independently of those individuals which fall under it, supposedly explaining their common properties and serving as the only objects of true knowledge as opposed to the mere opinion obtainable of matters of fact. Also called: Idea

form

(fɔrm)

n. 1. external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form. 2. the shape of a thing or person. 3. a body, esp. that of a human being. 4. a dummy having the same measurements as a human body, used for fitting or displaying clothing. 5. something that gives or determines shape; a mold. 6. a particular condition, character, or mode in which something appears: water in the form of ice. 7. the manner or style of arranging and coordinating parts for a pleasing or effective result, as in literary or musical composition. 8. the organization, placement, or relationship of basic elements, as lines and colors in a painting or volumes and voids in a sculpture, so as to produce a coherent image; the formal structure of a work of art. 9. a particular kind, type, species, or variety, esp. of a zoological group. 10. the combination of all the like faces possible on a crystal of given symmetry. 11. due or proper shape; orderly arrangement of parts; good order. 12. Philos. a. the structure, organization, or essential character of something, as opposed to its matter. b. (cap.) Platonism. idea (def. 8c). c. Aristotelianism. that which places a thing in its particular species or kind. 13. a set, prescribed, or customary order or method of doing something. 14. a set order of words, as for use in religious ritual or in a legal document; formula. 15. a document with blank spaces to be filled in with particulars: a tax form. 16. a conventional method of procedure or behavior: society's forms. 17. procedure according to a set order or method. 18. conformity to the usages of society; formality; ceremony. 19. manner or method of performing something; technique: The violinist displayed excellent form. 20. physical condition or fitness, as for performing: a tennis player in peak form. 21. a. linguistic form. b. a particular shape of a word that occurs in more than one shape: In I'm, 'm is a form of am. c. a word with a particular inflectional ending or other modification: Goes is a form of go. d. the external shape or pattern of a word or other construction, as distinguished from its meaning, function, etc. 22. temporary boarding or sheeting of plywood or metal for giving a desired shape to poured concrete, rammed earth, etc. 23. a grade or class of pupils in a British secondary school or in certain U.S. private schools. 24. a bench or long seat. 25. an assemblage of printing types, leads, etc., secured in a chase to print from. v.t. 26. to construct or frame. 27. to make or produce. 28. to serve to make up; compose; constitute: Three citizens form the review board. 29. to place in order; arrange; organize. 30. to frame (ideas, opinions, etc.) in the mind. 31. to contract or develop (habits, friendships, etc.). 32. to give form or shape to; shape; fashion. 33. to give a particular form or shape to: Form the dough into squares. 34. to mold or develop by discipline or instructions. 35. to produce (a word or class of words) by adding an affix, combining elements, or changing the shape of the form: to form the plural by adding -s. v.i. 36. to take or assume form. 37. to be formed or produced: Ice began to form on the window. 38. to take a particular form or arrangement: The ice formed in patches across the window. [1175–1225; Middle English forme < Old French < Latin fōrma form, mold, sort, Medieval Latin: seat] form′a•ble, adj. form′a•bly, adv.

-form

a combining form meaning “having the form of”: cruciform. [< Latin -fōrmis]

Form

allomerismvariability of a chemical compound in which there is no variation in crystalline form. — allomeric, adj.amorphismthe quality of being shapeless. Also, Rare. amorphy. — amorphic, adj.anamorphisma distorted image of an object, as in anamorphic art. Also anamorphosis. — anamorphic, adj.anamorphoscopea cylindrical mirror for correcting the distorted image created by anamorphism.anamorphosis, anamorphosyanamorphism.decussationthe state of being in the form of an X. See also joining.geomorphologyPhysical Geography. the study of the characteristics, origins, and development of land forms. — geomorphologist, n. — geomorphologic, geomorphological, adj.gibbositythe state or condition of being curved, especially convexly. — gibbous, adj.hemiteryany minor malformation.heteromorphism, heteromorphy1. the quality of differing in form from the standard or norm.
2. the condition of existing in different forms at different stages of development, as certain insects. — heteromorphic, adj.idiomorphismthe state or quality of having a peculiar or characteristic form; uniqueness or individuality in form. — idiomorphic, adj.incorporealismthe state of having no material body or form. — incorporeity, n.morphogenesisthe origin(s) of the various aspects of the form of an organism. Also called morphogeny. — morphogenetic, adj.morphographythe scientific description of form. — morphographer, n. — morphographic, adj.morphology1. the study of the form or structure of anything.
2. the branch of biology that studies the form and structure of plants and animals. See also geomorphology. — morphologist, n. — morphologic, morphological, adj.morphometrythe process or technique of measuring the external form of an object. — morphometrical, adj.morphonomythe study of the laws governing form in nature. — morphonomic, adj.morphophylythe study of the phylogeny of forms.omniformitythe state or quality of having every form. — omniform, adj.orthogonalitythe state or quality of being right-angled or perpendicular. — orthogonal, adj.palingenesis1. the phase in the development of an organism in which its form and structure pass through the changes undergone in the evolution of the species.
2. the morphological and structural changes that occur during insect development. Also palingenesia, palingenesy. — palingenetic, adj.promorphologythe branch of morphology that studies the forms of organisms from a mathematical point of view. — promorphologist, n. — promorphological adj.schematismthe form, disposition, or outline of a thing or concept. — schematist, n.tectologya branch of morphology that regards an organism as made up of other organisms. — tectological, adj.tetramorphismthe property of displaying four different forms. — tetramorph, n. — tetramorphic, adj.trimorphismthe state or quality of occurring in three distinct forms, usually at different stages of development, as certain plants, organisms, etc. — trimorphic, trimorphous, adj.

class

form grade">grade year">year1. 'class'

A class is a group of pupils or students who are taught together.

If classes were smaller, children would learn more.I had forty students in my class.2. 'form'

In some British schools and in some American private schools, form is used instead of 'class'. Form is used especially with a number to refer to a particular class or age group.

I teach the fifth form.She's in Form 5.3. 'year'

In British English, a year is a set of students of a similar age, who started school at around the same time.

'Which year are you in?' 'I'm in the fifth year, and Krish is in the third year.'4. 'grade'

A grade in an American school is similar to a form or a year in a British school.

A boy in the second grade won first prize.

form

Past participle: formed
Gerund: forming

Imperative
form
form

Present
I form
you form
he/she/it forms
we form
you form
they form

Preterite
I formed
you formed
he/she/it formed
we formed
you formed
they formed

Present Continuous
I am forming
you are forming
he/she/it is forming
we are forming
you are forming
they are forming

Present Perfect
I have formed
you have formed
he/she/it has formed
we have formed
you have formed
they have formed

Past Continuous
I was forming
you were forming
he/she/it was forming
we were forming
you were forming
they were forming

Past Perfect
I had formed
you had formed
he/she/it had formed
we had formed
you had formed
they had formed

Future
I will form
you will form
he/she/it will form
we will form
you will form
they will form

Future Perfect
I will have formed
you will have formed
he/she/it will have formed
we will have formed
you will have formed
they will have formed

Future Continuous
I will be forming
you will be forming
he/she/it will be forming
we will be forming
you will be forming
they will be forming

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been forming
you have been forming
he/she/it has been forming
we have been forming
you have been forming
they have been forming

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been forming
you will have been forming
he/she/it will have been forming
we will have been forming
you will have been forming
they will have been forming

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been forming
you had been forming
he/she/it had been forming
we had been forming
you had been forming
they had been forming

Conditional
I would form
you would form
he/she/it would form
we would form
you would form
they would form

Past Conditional
I would have formed
you would have formed
he/she/it would have formed
we would have formed
you would have formed
they would have formed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	form - the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached"descriptor, signifier, word formlinguistics - the scientific study of languageword - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than onesingular, singular form - the form of a word that is used to denote a singletonghost word - a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an errorroot word, stem, root, theme, radical, base - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"etymon, root - a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processescitation form, entry word, main entry word - the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionaryabbreviation - a shortened form of a word or phraseacronym - a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name
	2.	form - a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"kind, sort, varietycategory - a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual schemedescription - sort or variety; "every description of book was there"type - a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"antitype - an opposite or contrasting typeart form - (architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture)style - a particular kind (as to appearance); "this style of shoe is in demand"flavour, flavor - (physics) the six kinds of quarkscolour, color - (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"species - a specific kind of something; "a species of molecule"; "a species of villainy"genus - a general kind of something; "ignore the genus communism"make, brand - a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?"genre - a kind of literary or artistic workilk, like - a kind of person; "We'll not see his like again"; "I can't tolerate people of his ilk"manner - a kind; "what manner of man are you?"model - a type of product; "his car was an old model"stripe - a kind or category; "businessmen of every stripe joined in opposition to the proposal"like, the like, the likes of - a similar kind; "dogs, foxes, and the like", "we don't want the likes of you around here"
	3.	form - a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"pattern, shapestructure - the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure"percept, perception, perceptual experience - the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a conceptfractal - (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometrygestalt - a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its partsgrid - a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lineskaleidoscope - a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapesmosaic - a pattern resembling a mosaicstrand - a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole; "he tried to pick up the strands of his former life"; "I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously"
	4.	form - any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes"shape, configuration, conformation, contourkeenness, sharpness - thinness of edge or fineness of pointbluntness, dullness - without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"spatial property, spatiality - any property relating to or occupying spacetopography - the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural featureslobularity - the property of having lobulesconcaveness, concavity - the property possessed by a concave shapeconvexity, convexness - the property possessed by a convex shapeangularity - the property possessed by a shape that has anglesnarrowing - an instance of becoming narrowcurvature, curve - the property possessed by the curving of a line or surfaceroundness - the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angularstraightness - freedom from crooks or curves or bends or anglescrookedness - having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or anglesstratification - a layered configuration
	5.	form - alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"chassis, human body, material body, physical body, bod, build, anatomy, physique, figure, flesh, frame, shape, somaindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"human, human being, homo, man - any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriagebody, organic structure, physical structure - the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire"person - a human body (usually including the clothing); "a weapon was hidden on his person"juvenile body - the body of a young personadult body - the body of an adult human beingmale body - the body of a male human beingfemale body - the body of a female human being
	6.	form - the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape"shapeattribute - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entitysolid - a three-dimensional shapeplane, sheet - (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"natural shape - a shape created by natural forces; not man-madeflare, flair - a shape that spreads outward; "the skirt had a wide flare"figure - a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shapeline - a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving pointangular shape, angularity - a shape having one or more sharp anglesround shape - a shape that is curved and without sharp anglesdistorted shape, distortion - a shape resulting from distortionamorphous shape - an ill-defined or arbitrary shapeconnexion, link, connection - a connecting shapecircle - something approximating the shape of a circle; "the chairs were arranged in a circle"square - something approximating the shape of a squaretriangle - something approximating the shape of a triangle; "the coastline of Chile and Argentina and Brazil forms two legs of a triangle"pillar, tower, column - anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"plume - anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness; "a plume of smoke"; "grass with large plumes"
	7.	form - the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features"cast, shapeappearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
	8.	form - a printed document with spaces in which to write; "he filled out his tax form"blank space, space, place - a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"document, papers, written document - writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)application form - a form to use when making an applicationclaim form - a form to use when filing a claimorder form - a form to use when placing an orderquestionnaire - a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical informationrequisition form, requisition - an official form on which a request in made; "first you have to fill out the requisition"tax form - a form to use when paying your taxestelegraph form - a form to use when sending a telegram
	9.	form - (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms"var., variant, strainbiological science, biology - the science that studies living organismstaxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group - animal or plant group having natural relationsspecies - (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
	10.	form - an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse; "the essay was in the form of a dialogue"; "he first sketches the plot in outline form"literary genre, writing style, genre - a style of expressing yourself in writingversification - the form or metrical composition of a poem
	11.	form - a particular mode in which something is manifested; "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility"fashion, manner, mode, style, way - how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"
	12.	form - (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system"phasephysical chemistry - the branch of chemistry dealing with the physical properties of chemical substancesstate of matter, state - (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container); "the solid state of water is called ice"dispersed particles, dispersed phase - (of colloids) a substance in the colloidal statedispersing medium, dispersing phase, dispersion medium - (of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed
	13.	form - a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"grade, class, courseassemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one placemaster class - a class (especially in music) given to talented students by an expertdiscussion section, section - a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately; "a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course"
	14.	form - an ability to perform well; "he was at the top of his form"; "the team was off form last night"ability - the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
	15.	form - a life-size dummy used to display clothesmanakin, mannequin, mannikin, manikindummy - a figure representing the human form
	16.	form - a mold for setting concrete; "they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation"cast, mold, mould - container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
Verb	1.	form - create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"organize, organisecreate, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"regroup, reorganise, reorganize - organize anew, as after a setbackchoose up - form sides, as for a gamedraw up - form or arrange in order or formation, as of a body of soldiersregiment - form (military personnel) into a regimentsyndicate - organize into or form a syndicate
	2.	form - to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"constitute, makeconstitute, make up, comprise, be, represent - form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"chelate - form a chelate, in chemistryadd - constitute an addition; "This paper will add to her reputation"
	3.	form - develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape"take form, take shape, springregenerate - be formed or shaped anewbecome - come into existence; "What becomes has duration"
	4.	form - give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character"shapealter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"individuate - give individual shape or form to; "Language that individuates his memories"tie - form a knot or bow in; "tie a necktie"terrace - make into terraces as for cultivation; "The Incas terraced their mountainous land"fork - shape like a fork; "She forked her fingers"tabulate - shape or cut with a flat surfacedimension - shape or form to required dimensionsroll - shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette"draw - flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching; "draw steel"strike - cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc"crystallize, crystallise, crystalise, crystalize - cause to take on a definite and clear shape; "He tried to crystallize his thoughts"twist - form into twists; "Twist the strips of dough"sliver - form into slivers; "sliver wood"ridge - form into a ridgeplume - form a plume; "The chimneys were pluming the sky"; "The engine was pluming black smoke"round off, round, round out - make round; "round the edges"scollop, scallop - shape or cut in scallops; "scallop the hem of the dress"square, square up - make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"dish - make concave; shape like a dishfit - make fit; "fit a dress"; "He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out"flatten - make flat or flatter; "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises"deform, distort, strain - alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"blow - shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase"block - shape into a block or blocks; "block the graphs so one can see the results clearly"block - shape by using a block; "Block a hat"; "block a garment"cup - form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands"encircle, circle - form a circle around; "encircle the errors"turn - shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel; "turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel"
	5.	form - make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"shape, mould, mold, forge, workcarve - form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice"swage, upset - form metals with a swagechip - form by chipping; "They chipped their names in the stone"layer - make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands"cut out - form and create by cutting out; "Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper"machine - turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinerygrind - shape or form by grinding; "grind lenses for glasses and cameras"stamp - form or cut out with a mold, form, or die; "stamp needles"puddle - subject to puddling or form by puddling; "puddle iron"beat - shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares"create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratchpreform - form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehandpreform - form into a shape resembling the final, desired onemound - form into a rounded elevation; "mound earth"hill - form into a hillroughcast - shape roughlyremold, reshape - shape again or shape differentlysinter - cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without meltingmould, mold, cast - form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; "cast a bronze sculpture"throw - make on a potter's wheel; "she threw a beautiful teapot"handbuild, hand-build, coil - make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels"work on, work, process - shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"sculpt, sculpture - create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice"mold, mould, model - form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay"
	6.	form - establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our ideas onto our children"imprintact upon, influence, work - have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"
	7.	form - assume a form or shape; "the water formed little beads"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"constellate - form a constellation or clusterculminate - rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest"granulate, grain - form into grainsconglobate, conglobe - assume a globular shapebunch, bunch up, bundle, cluster, clump - gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist"brecciate - form into breccia; "brecciated rock"reticulate - divide so as to form a networkflake - form into flakes; "The substances started to flake"head - form a head or come or grow to a head; "The wheat headed early this year"bead - form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example

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noun1. type, sort, kind, variety, way, system, order, class, style, practice, method, species, manner, stamp, description He contracted a rare form of cancer.2. shape, formation, configuration, construction, cut, model, fashion, structure, pattern, cast, appearance, stamp, mould Valleys often take the form of deep canyons.3. structure, plan, order, organization, arrangement, construction, proportion, format, framework, harmony, symmetry, orderliness the sustained narrative form of the novel4. build, being, body, figure, shape, frame, outline, anatomy, silhouette, physique, person her petite form and delicate features5. condition, health, shape, nick (informal), fitness, trim, good condition, good spirits, fettle He's now fighting his way back to top form.6. document, paper, sheet, questionnaire, application You will be asked to fill in an application form.7. procedure, behaviour, manners, etiquette, use, rule, conduct, ceremony, custom, convention, ritual, done thing, usage, protocol, formality, wont, right practice a frequent broadcaster on correct form and dress8. class, year, set, rank, grade, stream I was going into the sixth form at school.9. mode, character, shape, appearance, arrangement, manifestation, guise, semblance, design The rejoicing took the form of exuberant masquerades.verb1. arrange, combine, line up, organize, assemble, dispose, draw up He gave orders for the cadets to form into lines.2. make, produce, model, fashion, build, create, shape, manufacture, stamp, construct, assemble, forge, mould, fabricate The bowl was formed out of clay.3. constitute, make up, compose, comprise, serve as, make Children form the majority of dead and injured.4. establish, start, found, launch, set up, invent, devise, put together, bring about, contrive You may want to form a company to buy a joint freehold.5. take shape, grow, develop, materialize, rise, appear, settle, show up (informal), accumulate, come into being, crystallize, become visible Stalactites and stalagmites began to form.6. draw up, design, devise, formulate, plan, pattern, frame, organize, think up She rapidly formed a plan.7. develop, pick up, acquire, cultivate, contract, get into (informal) It is easier to form good habits than to break bad ones.8. train, develop, shape, mould, school, teach, guide, discipline, rear, educate, bring up, instruct Anger at injustice formed his character.good form good manners, manners, protocol, etiquette, ceremony, courtesy, formalities, refinement, proprieties, politeness, decorum, the done thing, social graces, politesse, p's and q's It's not good form to spend lots of money.off form below par, unfit, stale, out of condition, under the weather (informal), not up to the mark, not in the pink (informal) His players were off form and tired.on form up to the mark, fit, healthy, in good shape, in good condition, toned up, in good trim She was back on form again now.take form appear, develop, take shape, materialize, become visible Her face took form in the dimness.

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noun1. The external outline of a thing:cast, configuration, figure, pattern, shape.2. A document used in applying, as for a job:application.3. An accepted way of doing something:convention.4. A conventional social gesture or act without intrinsic purpose:ceremony, formality, ritual.5. A state of sound readiness:condition, fettle, fitness, kilter, order, shape, trim.6. A hollow device for shaping a fluid or plastic substance:cast, matrix, mold.verb1. To give form to by or as if by pressing and kneading:model, mold, shape.2. To create by combining parts or elements:build, compose, configure, pattern, shape, structure.3. To come gradually to have:acquire, develop.4. To be the constituent parts of:compose, constitute, make (up).

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(foːm) noun1. (a) shape; outward appearance. He saw a strange form in the darkness.形状2. a kind, type or variety. What form of ceremony usually takes place when someone gets a promotion?类型3. a document containing certain questions, the answers to which must be written on it. an application form.表格4. a fixed way of doing things. forms and ceremonies.仪式5. a school class. He is in the sixth form.年级 verb1. to make; to cause to take shape. They decided to form a drama group.组成2. to come into existence; to take shape. An idea slowly formed in his mind.形成3. to organize or arrange (oneself or other people) into a particular order. The women formed (themselves) into three groups.排列4. to be; to make up. These lectures form part of the medical course.成为forˈmation noun1. the act of forming or making. He agreed to the formation of a music society.组成2. (a) particular arrangement or order. The planes flew in formation.队形be in good form to be in good spirits or health. She's in good form after her holiday.情况良好in the form of having the shape, character, style etc of. He wrote a novel in the form of a diary.用...的形式

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1. Sport the previous record of a horse, athlete, etc., esp with regard to fitness 2. style, arrangement, or design in the arts, as opposed to content 3. a fixed mode of artistic expression or representation in literary, musical, or other artistic works 4. Education chiefly Brit a group of children who are taught together; class 5. Philosophya. the structure of anything as opposed to its constitution or content b. essence as opposed to matter c. (in the philosophy of Plato) the ideal universal that exists independently of the particulars which fall under it d. (in the philosophy of Aristotle) the constitution of matter to form a substance; by virtue of this its nature can be understood 6. See logical form7. the nest or hollow in which a hare lives 8. a group of organisms within a species that differ from similar groups by trivial differences, as of colour 9. Crystallog See crystal form10. Taxonomy a group distinguished from other groups by a single characteristic: ranked below a variety

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The contour and structure of an object as distinguished from the matter composing it; a distinctive appearance as determined by its visible lines, figure, outline, shape, contour, configuration and profile.

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assembled composed matter whose surface contains the printing elements and material for blank spaces. (The Russian term pechatnaia forma is also used to refer to a flat or cylindrical plate.) It is intended for the production of multiple impressions. The relative placement of the printing and spacing elements determines the method of printing.

The following forms are distinguished, depending on the method of printing, the type of printing press, and the type of materials used: (1) in relief printing—composed matter, cuts, and stereotype; (2) in planographic printing—monometallic (aluminum or zinc), bimetallic, and trimetallic (for example, steel, copper, and chromium), and also glass; (3) in gravure printing—copper or chromed cylinders. A distinction is made among text, illustration, and mixed forms, depending on the nature of the graphic elements and the prints. The materials used in the production of forms include nonferrous metals, alloys, plastics, rubber, wood, and metal or paper-backed foil. Up to 1 million impressions may be produced from a single form, depending on the material used. The form to a great extent determines the quality of printing.

E. M. FARBER

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a grammatical or lexical-grammatical category of the verb in Hamito-Semitic and certain other languages.

Verbs in a given form share a common voice or aspect meaning (reflexive, reciprocal, intensive, etc.) and the same type of affixation or internal inflection. A verbal root can be marked by the indicators of different forms. In Arabic there are more than 15 verb forms; their genetic relationship to the forms of other Semitic, Cushitic, Berber, and Chadic languages suggests a common Hamito-Semitic origin of at least some of the oppositions between forms. Sometimes in Hebrew and Arabic the lexical meaning of verbs with the same root but in different forms does not coincide because of a semantic shift or false etymology.

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one of the infrasubspecies categories in plant and animal systematics. Botanists usually use the term “form” to designate a category lower in rank than a variety; zoologists use the term as a synonym for variety. Sometimes the term “form” is used in the same sense as the term “taxon,” that is, to designate a systematic unit of any rank. In biology the term is used extensively not only in the strictly taxonomic sense but also to note various features associated with the developmental cycle, the type of existence, or the dynamics and formation of a species (for example, holopterous and brachypterous forms of insects; seasonal forms of plants; and ecological, archaic, progressive, or specialized forms of all living organisms).

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in logic, that aspect of reasoning (for example, of a proof, deduction, or argument) which is independent of its content. Logical form in language is established through logical constants and through the individual phrases and combinations of phrases formed by means of such constants—that is, through reasoning schemata; these schemata, which vary in content, are forms of inference expressing the connection between premises and conclusions. Included in the category of logical forms are the laws of logic and rules of logical transition, or inference, applicable to formal and mathematical logic, as well as many of the questions related thereto—including, for example, the problem of refining the concept of logical consequence.

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in mathematics, a polynomial in several variables whose terms are all of the same degree (the degree of the monomial x^αy^β... z^γ is understood to be the number α + β + . . . + γ). The theory of forms has applications in algebraic geometry, number theory, differential geometry, mechanics, and other fields of pure and applied mathematics.

Depending on the number m of variables, a form is said to be binary (m = 2), ternary (m = 3), and so forth; depending on the degree n of its terms, a form is linear (n = 1), quadratic (n = 2), cubic (n = 3), and so forth. For example, xy + 2y² + z² is a ternary quadratic form. If the variables can be divided into sets such that each term of the form is linearly dependent on the variables of each set, the form is said to be multilinear. An example of a multilinear form is a determinant regarded as a function of its elements; the sets into which the elements are divided in this case are the sets of elements lying in the same row or column. Any form can be obtained from a multilinear form by the identification of certain variables. The reverse process of obtaining a multilinear form from any form is performed by a procedure known as polarization. For example, the form corresponds to the multilinear form x₁y₁ + x₁y₂ + y₁x₂ + x₂y₂; by identifying y₁ with x₁ and y₂ with x₂, the multilinear form can be transformed into the given form .

The equation of any algebraic curve in the plane can be written in homogeneous coordinates as f(x₁, x₂, x₃) = 0, where f is some ternary form. In much the same way, a geometric interpretation may be given to forms in a larger number of variables. In the case of, for example, curved surfaces, geometric properties that are independent of the choice of coordinate system can be expressed in terms of invariants of forms. The theory of invariants is one of the fundamental branches of the algebraic theory of forms and is made use of not only in algebraic geometry but also in a number of other branches of pure and applied mathematics.

Quadratic forms have the most important applications. For example, the square of the length of a vector can be expressed as a quadratic form of the vector’s coordinates. If a mechanical system in motion remains close to its equilibrium position, its kinetic and potential energies (if they do not depend explicitly on time) are expressed by the quadratic forms

respectively. The analysis of the vibrations of these systems is based on the theory of quadratic forms, particularly on the reduction of the forms to a sum of squares. The theory of quadratic forms is closely connected with the theory of second-order curves and surfaces. As in many other cases, the study of forms over the complex numbers (Hermitian forms) is a natural and fruitful extension of the study of forms over the reals.

An extremely important problem in number theory is the representability of integers by forms with integral coefficients where the variables take on integral values. J. Lagrange proved, for example, that any natural number may be represented by an expression of the type x² + y² + z² + t². The question of the representability of integers by an expression of the type ax² + 2bxy + cy², where a, b, c, x, and y are integers, was studied by Lagrange and K. Gauss. This problem is closely associated with the theory of algebraic numbers. A. Thue proved that equations of the type f(x, y) = m, where the degree of the form f is greater than two, have a finite number of integral solutions (seeDIOPHANTINE EQUATIONS).

Differential geometry and Riemannian geometry make use of differential forms, that is, polynomials in differentials of variables where the terms are all of the same degree with respect to the differentials. The coefficients of differential forms may be arbitrary functions of the variables. Multilinear differential forms are also considered. Examples of differential forms are the first and second fundamental quadratic forms in the theory of surfaces. An important role in differential geometry is played by differential invariants: entire rational functions of the coefficients, and of the derivatives of the coefficients, of quadratic forms are said to be differential invariants if they remain unchanged under any nonsingular differentiable transformation of the variables. For example, the total, or Gaussian, curvature of a surface is a differential invariant of the first fundamental quadratic form. Research in the theory of differential invariants played an important role in the development of tensor calculus. The theory of differential invariants has found extensive application in physics because it permits physical laws to be expressed in invariant formulations, that is, formulations independent of the choice of coordinate system.

Many theorems of integral calculus—such as the theorems of Green, Ostrogradskii, and Stokes—can be regarded as theorems on the relationship between differential forms of various degrees. E. Carton generalized these theorems and formulated the theory of the exterior differentiation of forms, which has played an important role in modern mathematics.

REFERENCES

Veblen, O. Invarianty differentsial’nykh kvadratichnykh form. Moscow, 1948. (Translated from English.)
Gurevich, G. B. Osnovy teorii algebraicheskikh invariantov. Moscow-Leningrad, 1948.
Gantmakher, F. R. Teoriia matrits, 3rd ed. Moscow, 1967.
Borevich, Z. I., and I. R. Shafarevich. Teoriia chisel, 2nd ed. Moscow, 1972.

form

[fȯrm] (civil engineering) Temporary boarding, sheeting, or pans of plywood, molded fiber glass, and so forth, used to give desired shape to poured concrete or the like. (graphic arts) Type and material that is secured in a chase and is ready for printing or for producing an electrotype plate.

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form for a concrete column Temporary boarding, sheeting, or pans of plywood, molded fiberglass, etc.; used to give desired shape to poured concrete, or the like.

FORM

(mathematics, tool)A system written by Jos Vermaseren in 1989 for fast handling of verylarge-scale symbolic mathematics problems. FORM is adescendant of Schoonschip and is available for manypersonal computers and workstations.

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(1) A paper form used for printing.

(2) A formatted screen display designed for a particular application. See forms software.

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