formations

8 definitions • 12 examples

the way something is naturally made or the way it has been arranged:

a rock formation

cloud formations

the development of something into a particular thing or shape:

the formation of a crystal

Activities that are done in formation are done in a pattern by a number of people, vehicles, etc. moving together:

marching in close formation

an arrangement of a team's players on an American football or association football field:

There is a time for trying new formations and asking players to do slightly different things.

a 4-4-2 formation

The team was lined up in a punting formation.

a large area of rock that has characteristics different from the land surrounding it

the process by which something comes into existence or begins to have a particular order or shape:

[ U ] They called for the formation of a committee to investigate corruption.

A formation is the particular form that something has taken, or the things or people having this form:

[ C ] unusual cloud formations

[ U ] The soldiers marched in formation (= in an orderly arrangement).

the development or creation of a company, organization, etc.:

His company has made excellent progress since its formation three years ago.

The arts center is completing the formation of a search committee for a new chief executive officer.