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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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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.

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.

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

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

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 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.

• Aspects and Components of Appearance - form: external appearance of body as distinct from face; figure
• Fabrication and Manufacturing Processes - form: (vb) give shape to
• Schools and Classes - form: grade in secondary school (Britain)
• Printing and Typefaces - form: type assembled and secured in chase for printing; any made-up sequence of pages ready for printing
• Order, Hierarchy, and Systems - form: distinguishing shape or component; established method of proceeding; formula

Look up -form or form in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Look up form in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Form is the shape, visual appearance, or configuration of an object.

Form may also refer to:

• Form (document), a document (printed or electronic) with spaces in which to write or enter data
• Form (education), a class, set or group of students
• Form (exercise), a proper way of performing an exercise
• Form (horse racing), a record of a racehorse's performance, or similarly for an athlete
• Form (nest), a shallow depression or flattened nest of grass used by a hare
• Form (religion), an academic term for prescriptions or norms on religious practice
• Musical form, a generic type of composition or the structure of a particular piece
• Criminal record, slang

Contents 1 Mathematics 2 Biology 3 Computing 4 Martial arts 5 Philosophy 6 Other 7 See also

Mathematics

• Algebraic form (homogeneous polynomial), which generalises quadratic forms to degrees 3 and more, also known as quantics or simply forms
• Bilinear form, on a vector space V over a field F is a mapping V × V → F that is linear in both arguments
• Differential form, a concept from differential topology that combines multilinear forms and smooth functions
• Indeterminate form, an algebraic expression that cannot be used to evaluate a limit
• Modular form, a (complex) analytic function on the upper half plane satisfying a certain kind of functional equation and growth condition
• Multilinear form, which generalises bilinear forms to mappings V^N → F
• Quadratic form, a homogeneous polynomial of degree two in a number of variables

Biology

• Form (botany), a formal taxon at a rank lower than species
• Form (zoology), informal taxa used sometimes in zoology

Computing

• Form (web), a document form used on a web page to, typically, submit user data to a server
• Form (programming), a component-based representation of a GUI window
• FORM (symbolic manipulation system), a program for symbolic computations
• Form (computer virus), the most common computer virus of the 1990s
• Oracle Forms, a Rapid Application Development environment for developing database applications
• Windows Forms, the graphical API within the Microsoft .NET Framework for access to native Microsoft Windows interface elements
• XForms, an XML format for the specification of user interfaces, specifically web forms

Martial arts

• Kata (型 or 形), the detailed pattern of defence-and-attack
• Taeguk (Taekwondo) (형), the "forms" used to create a foundation for the teaching of Taekwondo
• Taolu (套路), forms used in Chinese martial arts and sport wushu

Philosophy

• Substantial form, asserts that ideas organize matter and make it intelligible
• Theory of Forms, asserts that ideas possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality
• Value-form, an approach to understanding the origins of commodity trade and the formation of markets
• Argument form, aka Logical form or Test form - replacing the different words, or sentences, that make up the argument with letters, along the lines of algebra; the letters represent logical variables

Other

• First-order reliability method, a semi-probabilistic reliability analysis method devised to evaluate the reliability of a system
• Form, the relation a word has to a lexeme
• Formwork, a mould used for concrete construction
• Isoform, several different forms of the same protein
• Sixth form, an English term for the final two years of secondary school
• The Forms (band), an American indie rock band

See also

• FORM (disambiguation)
• Formation (disambiguation)
• Formula (disambiguation)
• Conformity (disambiguation)
• Deformation (disambiguation)
• Inform (disambiguation)
• Reform (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Form"
• All pages with titles containing "Form"

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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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