26984 words

forming

5 definitions • 8 examples
1
present 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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