form [fawrm]
noun
1.
external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
2.
the shape of a thing or person.
3.
a body, especially that of a human being.
4.
a dummy having the same measurements as a human body, used for fitting or displaying clothing: a dressmaker’s form.
5.
something that gives or determines shape; a mold.
6.
a particular condition, character, or mode in which something appears: water in the form of ice.
7.
the manner or style of arranging and coordinating parts for a pleasing or effective result, as in literary or musical composition: a unique form for the novel.
8.
Fine Arts.
a.
the organization, placement, or relationship of basic elements, as lines and colors in a painting or volumes and voids in a sculpture, so as to produce a coherent image; the formal structure of a work of art.
b.
three-dimensional quality or volume, as of a represented object or anatomical part.
c.
an object, person, or part of the human body or the appearance of any of these, especially as seen in nature: His work is characterized by the radical distortion of the human form.
9.
any assemblage of things of a similar kind constituting a component of a group, especially of a zoological group.
10.
Crystallography . the combination of all the like faces possible on a crystal of given symmetry.
11.
due or proper shape; orderly arrangement of parts; good order.
12.
Philosophy .
a.
the structure, pattern, organization, or essential nature of anything.
b.
structure or pattern as distinguished from matter.
c.
( initial capital letter ) Platonism. idea ( def 7c ) .
d.
Aristotelianism. that which places a thing in its particular species or kind.
13.
Logic. the abstract relations of terms in a proposition, and of propositions to one another.
14.
a set, prescribed, or customary order or method of doing something.
15.
a set order of words, as for use in religious ritual or in a legal document: a form for initiating new members.
16.
a document with blank spaces to be filled in with particulars before it is executed: a tax form.
17.
a typical document to be used as a guide in framing others for like cases: a form for a deed.
18.
a conventional method of procedure or behavior: society’s forms.
19.
a formality or ceremony, often with implication of absence of real meaning: to go through the outward forms of a religious wedding.
20.
procedure according to a set order or method.
21.
conformity to the usages of society; formality; ceremony: the elaborate forms prevalent in the courts of renaissance kings.
22.
procedure or conduct, as judged by social standards: Such behavior is very bad form. Good form demands that we go.
23.
manner or method of performing something; technique: The violin soloist displayed tremendous form.
24.
physical condition or fitness, as for performing: a tennis player in peak form.
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Grammar .
a.
a word, part of a word, or group of words forming a construction that recurs in various contexts in a language with relatively constant meaning. Compare linguistic form.
b.
a particular shape of such a form that occurs in more than one shape. In I’m, 'm is a form of am.
c.
a word with a particular inflectional ending or other modification. Goes is a form of go.
26.
Linguistics . the shape or pattern of a word or other construction (distinguished from substance ).
27.
Building Trades. temporary boarding or sheeting of plywood or metal for giving a desired shape to poured concrete, rammed earth, etc.
28.
a grade or class of pupils in a British secondary school or in certain U.S. private schools: boys in the fourth form.
29.
British . a bench or long seat.
30.
Also, British, forme. Printing. an assemblage of types, leads, etc., secured in a chase to print from.
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