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1
past
simple
and
past
participle of
2
to
begin
to
exist
or to make something
begin
to
exist
:
Examples:
A
crowd
formed around the
accident
.
A
solution
began
to
form
in her mind.
form
an
impression
I formed the
impression
(= the way she
behaved
suggested
to me) that she didn't really want to come.
3
to make something into a
particular
shape
:
Examples:
form
something into something She formed the
clay
into a
small
bowl
.
4
to make or be something:
Examples:
The lorries formed a
barricade
across
the
road
.
Together they would
form
the next
government
.
This
information
formed the
basis
of the
report
.
5
If
separate
things
form
, they come together to make a whole:
Examples:
The
children
formed into
lines
.
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