Antonyms for forms

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : fawrm

Phonetic Transcription : fɔrm

Definition of forms

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 :

Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him?
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

This should be skimmed off as it forms, for it is a detriment to the jelly.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Coconut for this purpose may be secured in a number of forms.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Meteorology deals with the atmosphere of the globe, in all its forms.
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various

He pointed out that forms and ceremonies were made for man, not man for forms and ceremonies.
Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde

To him all forms of betting were highly disastrous—most immoral.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Equally rich are the opportunities in other forms of engineering.
Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan

It forms a speaking telegraph without the necessity of any hollow tube.'
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

They stand on the eminence that forms the background of my present view.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

He believed that forms of government are never universal in their effects.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Synonyms for forms

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