Meaning of form | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Acronym of family, occupation, recreation, motivation, a set of potential topics of conversation for use by salespeople etc.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
2. To do with shape.
   countable, physical, uncountable
3. The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
   countable, physical, uncountable
4. The shape or visible structure of a thing or person
5. shape
6. a combining form meaning “having the form of”: cruciform.
7. A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold
8. A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
   countable, physical, uncountable
9. form (order of doing things)
10. variability of a chemical compound in which there is no variation in crystalline form. — allomeric, adj.
11. Regularity, beauty, or elegance
12. form, mold
13. Regularity, beauty, or elegance.
    countable, physical, uncountable
14. the quality of being shapeless. Also, Rare. amorphy. — amorphic, adj.
15. The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists
16. The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists.
    countable, physical, uncountable
17. a distorted image of an object, as in anamorphic art. Also anamorphosis. — anamorphic, adj.
18. Characteristics not involving atomic components. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
19. Characteristics not involving atomic components.
    countable, physical, uncountable
20. a cylindrical mirror for correcting the distorted image created by anamorphism.
21. A long bench with no back.
    countable, dated, physical, uncountable
22. anamorphism.
23. The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
    countable, physical, uncountable
24. the state of being in the form of an X. See also joining.
25. The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
    countable, physical, uncountable
26. Physical Geography. the study of the characteristics, origins, and development of land forms. — geomorphologist, n. — geomorphologic, geomorphological, adj.
27. To do with structure or procedure.
    countable, uncountable
28. An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
    countable, uncountable
29. the state or condition of being curved, especially convexly. — gibbous, adj.
30. Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula.
    countable, uncountable
31. any minor malformation.
32. Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.
    countable, uncountable
33. Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality.
    countable, uncountable
34. A class or rank in society.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
35. Past history (in a given area); a habit of doing something.
    UK, countable, uncountable
36. Level of performance.
    countable, uncountable
37. A class or year of school pupils.
    UK, countable, uncountable
38. A numbered division grouping school students (usually every two years) in education between Years 1 and 13 (often preceded by an ordinal number to specify the form, as in sixth form).
    UK, countable, dated, uncountable
39. A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
    countable, uncountable
40. A specimen document to be copied or imitated.
    countable, uncountable
41. A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.
    countable, uncountable
42. The den or home of a hare.
    countable, uncountable
43. A window or dialogue box.
    countable, uncountable
44. An infraspecific rank.
    countable, uncountable
45. The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.
    countable, dated, uncountable
46. A quantic.
    countable, uncountable
47. A specific way of performing a movement.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.”

“The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.[…]Roaring, leaping, pouncing, the tempest raged about the wanderers, drowning and blotting out their forms with sandy spume.”

“As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.”

“And there with syr Launcelot wrapped his mantel aboute his arme wel and surely and by thenne they had geten a grete fourme oute of the halle and there with all they rasshed at the dore […].”

“In the hall. One large table, with frame. 10s. ij cobbordes 8s. j fourme, j chaire, and j kenninge measure, 12d.”

“I can see the old schoolroom yet: the broken-down desks and the worn-out forms with knots in that got stuck into your backside[…].”

“The prefect grabbed me by the shoulders and steered me down a passageway, and down another and finally through a door that led into a long, low dining-room crowded with loudly breakfasting boys sitting on long, shiny oak forms, as benches used to be called.”

“Those whom form of laws Condemned to die.”

“[H]e sprang into the road, without previously going through the empty form of advising the driver of his intention, to pick [his hat] up.”

“a republican form of government”

“a matter of mere form”

“Though well we may not pass upon his life Without the form of justice.”

“ladies of a high form”

“It's fair to say she has form on this: she has criticised David Cameron's proposal to create all-women shortlists for prospective MPs, tried to ban women wearing high heels at work as the resulting pain made them take time off work, and tried to reduce the point at which an abortion can take place from 24 to 21 weeks.”

“As for the notion that it’s not how Sunak would have won, that doesn’t mean a whole lot coming from a guy whose recent form includes losing to Liz Truss.”

“The team's form has been poor this year.”

“The orchestra was on top form this evening.”

“Nathaniel: Maister, there is nobody to teach in the sixth form. Maister: What a thing is this? N: He is sick in bed. M: How do you know? N: One of the scholars in his house told me so.”

“I am a very weak, insufficient scholar, sitting on the lowest form in Thy great school-house, which is the whole world, and trying to spell out the mere letters of Thy alphabet […]”

“One other day after afternoon school, Mr. Percival came behind me and put his hand on me. "Let me see, what's your name? Which form are you in?[…]"”

“From the sixth form will come the scholars and the administrators.”

“To apply for the position, complete the application form.”

“participial forms;  verb forms”

“Being one day a hunting, I found a Hare sitting in her forme[…].”

“The Egyptians therefore in their hieroglyphics expressed a melancholy man by a hare sitting in her form, as being a most timorous and solitary creature.”

“Hares left their snug ‘forms’ in the cold grass.”

“While it is quite amazing how much one can do with Visual Basic with the code attached to a single form, to take full advantage of VB you'll need to start using multiple forms and having the code on all the forms in your project interact.”

“Throughout this chapter we will work with a form in a new project.”

“And the form is inked, the paper is applied, the bed is slid, and the platen is levered down and the proof is printed.”

CEFR level