form

form: I

n.

printed document

1) to fill in (BE), fill out (esp. AE), fill up (obsol. BE) a form

2) an application; tax form

shape

manner

3) to assume, take (on) a form (to assume human form)

4) an abridged, condensed; comprehensive; concise; convenient, handy; revised form

5) in a form (the book came out in abridged form; we reject fraud in any form; a fiend in human form)

grammatical element

6) a bound; colloquial; combining; diminutive; free; inflectional; obsolete; plural; singular; surface; underlying; verbal form

behavior

7) bad; good, proper form (it's bad form to come late to a formal reception)

condition

8) bad; excellent, good, superb form

9) in (certain) form (she was in superb form today form she didn't lose a single match)

good condition

10) in form (I'm not in form today)

11) off form

table giving information

12) a racing form

school class

(BE)

13) in a form (in the fourth form)

II

v.

1) (D; tr.) to form from, out of (they formed an army out of rabble)

2) (d; tr.) to form into (to form chopped beef into patties)

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[fɔːm]
colloquial

combining

comprehensive

concise

condensed

convenient

diminutive

excellent

fill up (obsol. BE) a form

free

good

handy

inflectional

obsolete

plural

revised form

singular

superb form

surface

tax form

underlying

verbal form

fill out (esp. AE)

proper form (it's bad form to come late to a formal reception)

out of (they formed an army out of rabble)

take (on) a form (to assume human form)

(D;tr.) to formfrom

['behavior'] bad

['grammatical element'] a bound

['shape'] ['manner'] to assume

['table giving information'] a racing form

an abridged

an application

off form

['printed document'] to fill in (BE)

['good condition'] in form (I'm not in form today)

['school class'] (BE) in a form (in the fourth form)

in (certain) form (she was in superb form today form she didn't lose a single match)

in a form (the book came out in abridged form; we reject fraud in any form; a fiend in human form)

(d; tr.) to form into (to form chopped beef into patties)

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Synonyms:

Shape (with especial reference to structure), figure, configuration, conformation, mould, fashion, cast, cut, tournure, Fashion, shape, mould / Mould, pattern, model / Arrangement, organization, combination, law of combination, principle of arrangement or synthesis, a priori principle / Mode, method, formula, formulary, ritual, established practice, Make, create, produce / Manner, system, sort, kind, order, Contrive, devise, invent, frame / Regularity, order, arrangement, shapeliness, Constitute, compose, make up / Ceremony, formality, ceremonial, ritual, conventionality, etiquette, conventional rule, Arrange, dispose, combine / Empty show, mere appearance / Bench, long seat (without a back) / Class, rank of students / Type in a chase (ready for printing)

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Form — (de) … Kölsch Dialekt Lexikon
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Form — • The original meaning of the term form, both in Greek and Latin, was and is that in common use • eidos, being translated, that which is seen, shape, etc., with secondary meanings derived from this, as form, sort, particular, kind, nature… … Catholic encyclopedia
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