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form

form (third-person singular simple present forms, present participle forming, simple past and past participle formed)

1. (transitive) To give shape or visible structure to (a thing or person).
2. (intransitive) To take shape.
3. (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.

   By adding ""-ness"", you can form a noun from an adjective.

4. (transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
   • 1948 May, Stanley Pashko, “The Biggest Family”, in Boys’ Life, Volume 38, Number 5, Boy Scouts of America, ISSN 0006-8608, page 10:

     Insects form the biggest family group in natures kingdom, and also the oldest.

form (plural forms)

1. The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
2. A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
3. An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
4. A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.

   To apply for the position, complete the application form.

5. (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages.
6. Characteristics not involving atomic components.
7. (UK) A criminal record; loosely, past history (in a given area).
   • 2011, Jane Martinson, The Guardian, 4 May 2011:

     Its fair to say she has form on this: she has criticised David Camerons proposal to create all-women shortlists for prospective MPs, tried to ban women wearing high heels at work as the resulting pain made them take time off work, and tried to reduce the point at which an abortion can take place from 24 to 21 weeks.

8. (UK, education) A class or year of students (often preceded by an ordinal number to specify the year, as in sixth form).
   • 1928, George Bickerstaff, The mayor, and other folk

     One other day after afternoon school, Mr. Percival came behind me and put his hand on me. "" Let me see, whats your name ? Which form are you in ?...

   • 1976, Ronald King, School and college: studies of post-sixteen education

     From the sixth form will come the scholars and the administrators.

9. The den or home of a hare.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.iii.1.2:

     The Egyptians therefore in their hieroglyphics expressed a melancholy man by a hare sitting in her form, as being a most timorous and solitary creature.

   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 275:

     Hares left their snug ‘forms’ in the cold grass.

10. (dated) A long bench with no back.
    • 2010, Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles:

      The prefect grabbed me by the shoulders and steered me down a passageway, and down another and finally through a door that led into a long, low dining-room crowded with loudly breakfasting boys sitting on long, shiny oak forms, as benches used to be called.

11. (computing, programming) A window or dialogue box.
    • 1998, Gary Cornell, Visual Basic 6 from the ground up (page 426)

      While it is quite amazing how much one can do with Visual Basic with the code attached to a single form...

    • Neil Smyth, C# Essentials

      Throughout this chapter we will work with a form in a new project.

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