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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

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