form
noun
[ fɔːm ]
• the visible shape or configuration of something.
• "the form, colour, and texture of the tree"
Similar:
shape,
configuration,
formation,
conformation,
structure,
construction,
arrangement,
disposition,
appearance,
outward form/appearance,
exterior,
contours,
lines,
outline,
silhouette,
profile,
design,
format,
cut,
pattern,
mould,
• a particular way in which a thing exists or appears.
• "essays in book form"
Similar:
manifestation,
appearance,
embodiment,
incarnation,
semblance,
shape,
guise,
character,
description,
expression,
• a type or variety of something.
• "sponsorship is a form of advertising"
Similar:
kind,
sort,
type,
order,
class,
classification,
category,
variety,
genre,
brand,
style,
species,
genus,
family,
generation,
breed,
strain,
denomination,
phylum,
• the customary or correct method or procedure.
• "an excessive concern for legal form and precedent"
Similar:
etiquette,
social practice,
custom,
usage,
use,
habit,
wont,
protocol,
procedure,
rules,
convention,
tradition,
fashion,
style,
routine,
ritual,
pattern,
regimen,
policy,
method,
system,
way,
rule,
formula,
set formula,
modus operandi,
praxis,
good manners,
manners,
polite behaviour,
correct behaviour,
acceptable conduct,
the done thing,
• a mould, frame, or block in or on which something is shaped.
• a printed document with blank spaces for information to be inserted.
• "an application form"
Similar:
questionnaire,
document,
coupon,
tear-off slip,
sheet of paper,
paper,
application (form),
entry form,
report,
return,
record,
• a class or year in a school, usually given a specifying number.
• "the fifth form"
• the state of a sports player or team with regard to their current standard of play.
• "they are one of the best teams around on current form"
• a long bench without a back.
• variant spelling of forme.
• a hare's lair.
form
verb
• bring together parts or combine to create (something).
• "the company was formed in 1982"
Similar:
set up,
devise,
establish,
found,
launch,
float,
create,
bring into being,
put in place,
organize,
institute,
start,
begin,
get going,
initiate,
bring about,
inaugurate,
lay the foundations of,
arrange,
draw up,
line up,
assemble,
sort,
order,
range,
array,
dispose,
marshal,
deploy,
gather,
group,
place,
position,
rank,
grade,
• make or be made into a specific shape or form.
• "form the dough into balls"
Similar:
make,
fashion,
shape,
model,
mould,
forge,
found,
cast,
sculpt,
hew,
carve,
construct,
build,
manufacture,
fabricate,
assemble,
put together,
create,
produce,
concoct,
devise,
contrive,
frame,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French forme (noun), fo(u)rmer (verb, from Latin formare ‘to form’), both based on Latin forma ‘a mould or form’.
-form
combining form
• having the form of.
• "cruciform"
• having a particular number of.
• "multiform"
Origin:
from French -forme, from Latin -formis, from forma ‘form’.
forme
noun
• a body of type secured in a chase for printing.
Origin:
late 15th century: variant of form.
