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Antonyms for form

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : fawrm
Phonetic Transcription : fɔrm


Definition of form

Origin :
  • early 13c., from Old French forme "physical form, appearance, pleasing looks; shape, image," from Latin forma "form, contour, figure, shape; appearance, looks' model, pattern, design; sort, kind condition," origin unknown. One theory holds that it is from Greek morphe "form, beauty, outward appearance" (see Morpheus) via Etruscan [Klein]. Sense of "behavior" is first recorded late 14c. Meaning "a document with blanks to be filled in" is from 1855.
  • noun shape; arrangement
  • noun animate body and its condition
  • noun accepted procedure; ceremony
  • noun document that requires answers or information
  • noun type, kind
  • noun organization, arrangement
  • verb bring into existence; make, produce
  • verb come into being; arise
  • verb educate, discipline
  • verb comprise, be a part of
Example sentences :
  • I breathed freely, and my form seemed to expand itself with buoyant life.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Considered as a form of self-sacrifice, it was not without its pleasures.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • What other form of government, indeed, can so well deserve our esteem and love?
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • We don't have to talk late into the night about which form of government is better.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Every motion in his great soul was reflected in his face and form.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Those of us who have no form of pietism feel cut off from making the attempt at all.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • We form a habit of conquering as insistent as any other habit.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • But Mammon was never the name of an idol or other form of false deity.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • But how the form of such a woman must be dwarfed in the camera of such a man's mind!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The food value it does have is carbohydrate in the form of sugar.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

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