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as in shape
the outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance
the wood-carver carved the block of wood into the form of a duck
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as in manner
personal conduct or behavior as evaluated by an accepted standard of appropriateness for a social or professional setting
it's bad form to throw a tantrum on the court just because you lost a tennis match
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as in condition
a state of being or fitness
after a long season off, the football team is back in good form
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as in ritual
an oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules
we'll use the second form in our church missals for today's Lenten service
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as in etiquette
socially acceptable behavior
displayed good form throughout the formal dinner
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as in method
the means or procedure for doing something
there are established forms for voting on motions and amendments at meetings
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as in format
the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged
museumgoers liked the asymmetrical form of the mobile
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as in to crystallize
to take on a definite form
my ideas on the subject are just starting to form
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as in to comprise
to be all the substance of
this one sentence really forms the basis of your argument
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as in to produce
to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials
formed the pot out of the clay
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as in to start
to come into existence
the new company formed from two smaller ones
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as in to develop
to come to have gradually
I don't want you beginning skiers to form any bad habits
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Recent Examples of form
Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Those who experienced the quake are encouraged to report it via the USGS Felt Report form.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Jada Yuan, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
The Casting Directors Branch was formed in July 2013 and has nearly 160 members.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Federal courts have rejected attempts to extend the SBA to more contemporary forms of sports distribution, such as cable television or paid satellite services.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Those who experienced the quake are encouraged to report it via the USGS Felt Report form.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
His last film, the tragically underseen Flora and Son with Eve Hewson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, is about a guitar teacher in America forming a bond with an Irish single mom over lessons on Zoom and eventually returning to his own promising music career.
—Jada Yuan, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
The Casting Directors Branch was formed in July 2013 and has nearly 160 members.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for form
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The effect was as if the players were inside a cloud of ever-moving lights, shapes and colors.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
12 Mar. 2026
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In fact, topography made this impossible, and Costa had to curve one of the axes, resulting in the airplane shape that made his project famous.—
Sophia La Banca,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Mar. 2026
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The document was reviewed and dismissed without being shown to the governor.—
JULIE CARR SMYTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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On Monday, a judge issued a default eviction ruling in favor of Rourke’s landlord, Eric Goldie, for possession of the home and termination of the rental agreement, according to documents in Los Angeles Superior Court.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Two innings later, Team USA got its first two runs in the same manner but offered a contrast in styles.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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The office also didn’t deposit checks in a timely manner, the recent audit found.—
Lily Carey,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Mar. 2026
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Protest organizers say the action is not only about Noma, but about the broader restaurant industry as a whole and the conditions and personalities that have come to shape it.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
12 Mar. 2026
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The results showed that women eventually diagnosed with either of these two conditions — 849 with mild cognitive impairment and 752 with dementia — had larger amounts of p-tau217 in their initial blood sample way back in the mid-to-late 1990s.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
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Anything that, say, the cultish brand Supreme stamped its blocky logo on—a brick, a voodoo doll, a functional fire extinguisher—and issued as a drop became an overnight fetish object.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2026
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Smith carried a mini top-handle style shaped like a doll house.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
10 Mar. 2026
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Wunmi also developed a curious daily ritual of coming home every day after primary school, drinking cartons of long-life milk, and watching Annie.—
Kemi Alemoru,
Glamour,
14 Mar. 2026
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But doing so doesn't mean completely eliminating the morning ritual of sipping on a hot (or iced) beverage.—
Sarah Bence,
Verywell Health,
13 Mar. 2026
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There will be no need to mention hand sanitizer or the etiquette of pods.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
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Yet the stuffiest etiquette experts would surely make an exception for the queen of England.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
10 Mar. 2026
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Love and blessings, fresh insights and methods, and what should be plenty of money.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
17 Mar. 2026
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For the first time, researchers have developed a new method to transform common plastic into a medication used to treat neurodegenerative Parkinson’s disease.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Form.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/form. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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