form

n.

1. 1. The shape and structure of an object.
   2. The body or outward appearance of a person or an animal considered separately from the face or head; figure.
2. 1. The essence of something.
   2. The mode in which a thing exists, acts, or manifests itself; kind: a form of animal life; a form of blackmail.
3. 1. Procedure as determined or governed by regulation or custom.
   2. A fixed order of words or procedures, as for use in a ceremony; a formula.
4. A document with blanks for the insertion of details or information: insurance forms.
5. 1. Manners or conduct as governed by etiquette, decorum, or custom.
   2. Behavior according to a fixed or accepted standard: Tardiness is considered bad form.
   3. Performance considered with regard to acknowledged criteria: a good jump shooter having an unusual form.
6. 1. Proven ability to perform: a musician at the top of her form.
   2. Fitness, as of an athlete or animal, with regard to health or training.
   3. The past performance of a racehorse.
   4. A racing form.
7. 1. Method of arrangement or manner of coordinating elements in literary or musical composition or in organized discourse: presented my ideas in outline form; a treatise in the form of a dialogue.
   2. A particular type or example of such arrangement: The essay is a literary form.
   3. The design, structure, or pattern of a work of art: symphonic form.
8. 1. A mold for the setting of concrete.
   2. A model of the human figure or part of it used for displaying clothes.
   3. A proportioned model that may be adjusted for fitting clothes.
9. A grade in a British secondary school or in some American private schools: the sixth form.
10. 1. A linguistic form.
    2. The external aspect of words with regard to their inflections, pronunciation, or spelling.
11. 1. Chiefly British. A long seat; a bench.
    2. The resting place of a hare.
12. Botany. A subdivision of a variety usually differing in one trivial characteristic, such as flower color.

v., formed, form·ing, forms.

v.tr.

1. 1. To give form to; shape: form clay into figures.
   2. To develop in the mind; conceive: form an opinion.
2. 1. To shape or mold (dough, for example) into a particular form.
   2. To arrange oneself in: Holding out his arms, the cheerleader formed a T. The acrobats formed a pyramid.
   3. To organize or arrange: The environmentalists formed their own party.
   4. To fashion, train, or develop by instruction or precept: form a child's mind.
3. To come to have; develop or acquire: form a habit.
4. To constitute or compose a usually basic element, part, or characteristic of.
5. 1. To produce (a tense, for example) by inflection: form the pluperfect.
   2. To make (a word) by derivation or composition.
6. To put in order; arrange.

v.intr.

1. To become formed or shaped.
2. To come into being by taking form; arise.
3. To assume a specified form, shape, or pattern.

[Middle English forme, from Latin fōrma.]

formability form'a·bil'i·ty n.
formable form'a·ble adj.

SYNONYMS  form, figure, shape, configuration, 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: 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 implies three-dimensional definition that indicates both outline and bulk or mass: “He faced her, a hooded and cloaked shape” (Joseph Conrad). Configuration stresses the pattern formed by the arrangement of parts within an outline: The map shows the configuration of North America, with its mountains, rivers, and plains. Contour refers especially to the outline of a three-dimensional figure: I traced the contour of the bow with my finger. 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.

(1) A paper form used for printing.

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

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National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) form for reporting equity transaction executed after the market's normal hours.

Direct mail: order document, letter, invoice, or renewal notice that constitutes a mailing package component. They are usually computerprinted continuous forms.

Merchandising: physical state of a product such as solid, liquid, or aerosol.

Printing: set of type or film elements enclosed in a metal chase (frame) and ready for printing.

Attachment to an insurance policy to complete its coverage. For example, the Standard Fire Policy must have certain forms attached for it to provide the coverage desired.

noun

1. The external outline of a thing: cast, configuration, figure, pattern, shape. See surface/depth.
2. A document used in applying, as for a job: application. See seek/avoid, words.
3. An accepted way of doing something: convention. See usual/unusual.
4. A conventional social gesture or act without intrinsic purpose: ceremony, formality, ritual. See ritual, usual/unusual.
5. A state of sound readiness: condition, fettle, fitness, kilter, order, shape, trim. See better/worse.
6. A hollow device for shaping a fluid or plastic substance: cast, matrix, mold. See surface/depth.

verb

1. To give form to by or as if by pressing and kneading: model, mold, shape. See surface/depth.
2. To create by combining parts or elements: build, compose, configure, pattern, shape, structure. See make/unmake.
3. To come gradually to have: acquire, develop. See get/lose.
4. To be the constituent parts of: compose, constitute, make (up). See be.

In addition to the idiom beginning with form, also see run to form; true to form.

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n

Definition: organization, arrangement
Antonyms: disarrangement, disorganization

n

Definition: shape
Antonyms: shapelessness

v

Definition: be part of
Antonyms: get out of

v

Definition: bring into existence; make, produce
Antonyms: break, destroy, hurt, ruin

v

Definition: come into being; arise
Antonyms: destroy, dissolve, kill, ruin

v

Definition: educate, discipline
Antonyms: neglect

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

form for a concrete column

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A prototype of an instrument to be employed in a legal transaction or a judicial pro- ceeding that includes the primary essential matters, the appropriate technical phrases or terms, and any additional material required to render it officially accurate, arranged in suitable and systematic order, and conducive to adaptation to the circumstances of the particular case.

The expression form of the statute signifies the language or structure of a statute, and, therefore, the restriction or command that it might include, as used in the phrase in criminal pleading "against the form of statute in that case made and provided."

A matter of form, as distinguished from a matter of substance—with respect to pleadings, affidavits, indictments, and other legal instruments—entails the method, style, or form of relating the applicable facts; the selection or arrangement of terms; and other such matters without influencing the essential sufficiency or validity of the instrument, or without reaching the merits.

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The pattern or construction of a work which identifies its genre and distinguishes it from other genres. Examples of forms include the different genres, such as the lyric form or the short story form, and various patterns for poetry, such as the verse form or the stanza form.

The arrangement, manner or method used to convey the content, such as free verse, ballad, haiku, etc. In other words, the "way-it-is-said."

A subdivision of a variety, differing in only one characteristic, such as the color of the flower.

IN BRIEF: An established manner of doing or saying something.

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Common misspelling(s) of form

• fomr

Dansk (Danish)
n. - form, skema, formalitet
v. tr. - danne, udgøre, oprette, formere
v. intr. - formes, opstå, dannes, danne sig

idioms:

• form feed    blanketfremføring
• form letter    formularbrev
• form of address    tiltaleform
• in good form    i fin form
• off form    ude af form
• on form    i form
• take form    tage form

Nederlands (Dutch)
vorm, gedaante, formulier, klas, printklare letters, techniek, hazennest, bankje, groep van organismen, rangschikking, vermogen, vormen, ontstaan, geschoold zijn, maken, ontwikkelen/ verkrijgen, ordenen, verbuigen (woord)

Français (French)
n. - forme, sorte (de), formulaire, condition physique, (Littérat, Art) forme, structure, genre, formule, formulation, (GB, École) classe, (Ling) forme, gîte, banc, (Philos) forme, (GB) taule, forme (logique)
v. tr. - former, développer, établir, constituer, nouer une amitié, se faire (une impression, une image), concevoir de l'admiration, former (une personnalité), former/constituer (un jury)
v. intr. - prendre forme, se former, se produire, (Mil) se former en rangs

idioms:

• form feed    avancement (de l'imprimé)
• form letter    lettre type
• form of address    titre de politesse, formule de politesse
• form up    se mettre en rangs
• good form    pleine forme, (être) de bon ton, politesse
• in form    en forme
• off form    pas en forme
• on form    en forme
• out of form    pas en forme
• take form    prendre forme

Deutsch (German)
n. - Form, Gestalt, Verfassung, Formular, Klasse
v. - bilden, formen, gestalten, fassen, schließen, entwickeln, gründen

idioms:

• form feed    Formularvorschub, Belegzufuhr
• form letter    vorgedruckter Brief
• form of address    Form der Anrede
• form up    sich formieren
• good form    in guter Verfassung
• in form    in Form
• off form    nicht in Form
• on form    in Form
• out of form    außer Form, nicht in Form
• take form    Gestalt annehmen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μορφή, σχήμα, περίγραμμα (κν. φιγούρα, σιλουέτα), τρόπος, συμπεριφορά, τύπος, μήτρα (κν. καλούπι, φόρμα), σχολική τάξη, φόρμα, φυσική, αγωνιστική ή ψυχική κατάσταση, μακρύ κάθισμα, πάγκος ή θρανίο, (τυπογρ.) έντυπο (για συμπλήρωση κ.λπ.), τύπος
v. - διαμορφώνω/-ομαι, διαπλάθω/-ομαι, σχηματίζω/-ομαι, συγκροτώ-ούμαι, συνιστώ/-ώμαι, καταστρώνω, καταρτίζω, φτιάχνω, αποτελώ-ούμαι, συναπαρτίζω/-ομαι

idioms:

• form feed    (Η/Υ) αλλαγή/προχώρημα σελίδας
• form letter    τυποποιημένη/στερεότυπη επιστολή
• form of address    τύπος προσφώνησης
• in good form    σε φόρμα
• off form    σε κακή φόρμα
• on form    σε φόρμα, στη γνωστή του φόρμα
• take form    σχηματίζομαι

Italiano (Italian)
formare, costituire, plasmare, forma, modo, stampo, panca, modulo

idioms:

• form letter    carta intestata
• in good form    in buona e dovuta forma
• off form    in cattiva forma
• on form    in forma
• take form    prendere forma

Português (Portuguese)
n. - forma (f)
v. - formar

idioms:

• form letter    carta-circular (f)
• form of address    carta-padrão (f)
• in good form    em boa forma
• off form    fora de forma
• on form    em forma
• take form    tomar forma

Русский (Russian)
придавать форму, сформировать, создавать, образовывать, выработать, сложить, составлять основу, собираться, строится, бланк, фигура, форма, внешний вид, класс

idioms:

• form letter    стандартное письмо
• form of address    форма обращения
• in good form    в отличной форме, в отличном состоянии
• off form    не в форме
• on form    в прекрасном состоянии
• take form    принимать форму

Español (Spanish)
n. - forma, condición, estado, modo, molde, gradas, modelo, formulario, hoja
v. tr. - formar, configurar, componer, constituir, integrar, modelar, moldear
v. intr. - formarse

idioms:

• form feed    impresora
• form letter    circular, carta preimpresa
• form of address    formulario
• form up    formar
• good form    en buena forma, en buen estado físico
• in form    en buena forma
• off form    fuera de forma
• on form    en forma
• out of form    desentrenado
• take form    tomar forma

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - form (i olika betydelser), gestalt, formalitet, formulär, skolbänk, årskurs
v. - bilda, grunda, utveckla, utgöra, formera (mil.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
形状, 形式, 表格, 形成, 塑造, 构成, 构, 成形, 排, 列, 被形成, 开始形成

idioms:

• form feed    换页
• form letter    信件, 套用信函
• form of address    敬称
• in good form    状况良好
• off form    状态不佳
• on form    根据形式, 状态良好
• take form    具有看得见的形状, 思想等的形成, 产生

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 形狀, 形式, 表格
v. tr. - 形成, 塑造, 構成, 構
v. intr. - 成形, 排, 列, 被形成, 開始形成

idioms:

• form feed    換頁
• form letter    信件, 套用信函
• form of address    敬稱
• in good form    狀況良好
• off form    狀態不佳
• on form    根據形式, 狀態良好
• take form    具有看得見的形狀, 思想等的形成, 產生

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 형, 외형, 예법
v. tr. - 형성하다, (습관을) 붙이다, 구성하다
v. intr. - 천천히 나아가다, (생각, 희망 등이) 생기다

idioms:

• in good form    컨디션이 좋은, 재치 넘치는, 활발한
• take form    형태를 이루다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 形, 姿, 形態, 種類, 書式, 書き込み用紙, 形式, 表現形式, フォーム, 作法, 学年, 調子, 好調, 用紙
v. - 形作る, 形を成す, 組織する, 作り上げる, 付ける, 構成する, 成す, 整列させる, 思いつく, 生じる

idioms:

• combining form    連結形
• form letter    同文の手紙
• form of address    敬称
• off form    不調で
• on form    好調で
• take form    形をとる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شكل , نموذج (فعل) يشكل , يكون‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צורה, דמות, נוהג, טקס, טופס, מצב-רוח, כושר, כיתה, סגנון של יצירה ספרותית או מוסיקלית, ספסל ארוך ללא משענת, מאורת שפן, טבעו היסודי של בעל-חיים או דבר, סוג, התנהגות מקובלת‬
v. tr. - ‮היווה, יצר, הרכיב, עיצב, הדריך, ביטא או היטה מילה‬
v. intr. - ‮התהווה, נערך, נוצר‬

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Form Factor	pro form