form

1. noun

1)

the form of the landscape

Syn:

shape, configuration, formation, structure, construction, arrangement, appearance, exterior, outline, format, layout, design

2)

the human form

Syn:

body, shape, figure, frame, physique, anatomy; informal vital statistics

3)

the infection takes different forms

Syn:

manifestation, appearance, embodiment, incarnation, semblance, shape, guise

4)

sponsorship is a form of advertising

Syn:

kind, sort, type, class, category, variety, genre, brand, style

5)

you have to fill in a form

Syn:

questionnaire, document, coupon, slip

6)

what form is your daughter in?

Syn:

class, year; N.Amer. grade

7)

in good form

Syn:

condition, fettle, shape, health; Brit.; informal nick

2. verb

1)

formed from mild steel

Syn:

make, construct, build, manufacture, fabricate, assemble, put together, create, fashion, shape

2)

he formed a plan

Syn:

formulate, devise, conceive, work out, think up, lay, draw up, put together, produce, fashion, concoct, forge, hatch; informal dream up

3)

they formed a company

Syn:

set up, establish, found, launch, create, institute, start, inaugurate

4)

a mist was forming

Syn:

materialize, come into being/existence, emerge, develop, take shape, gather, accumulate, collect, amass

5)

his men formed themselves into a line

Syn:

arrange, draw up, line up, assemble, organize, sort, order

6)

these parts form an integrated whole

Syn:

comprise, make, make up, constitute, compose, add up to

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Ant:

dissolve, disappear