form

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, physical, uncountable) To do with shape.
2. (countable, physical, uncountable) To do with shape.
3. (countable, physical, uncountable) To do with shape.
4. (countable, physical, uncountable) To do with shape.
5. (countable, physical, uncountable) To do with shape.
6. (countable, dated, physical, uncountable) To do with shape.
7. (countable, physical, uncountable) To do with shape.
8. (countable, physical, uncountable) To do with shape.
9. (countable, uncountable) To do with structure or procedure.
10. (countable, uncountable) To do with structure or procedure.
11. (countable, uncountable) To do with structure or procedure.
12. (countable, uncountable) To do with structure or procedure.
13. (archaic, countable, uncountable) To do with structure or procedure.
14. (UK, countable, uncountable) To do with structure or procedure.
15. (countable, uncountable) To do with structure or procedure.
16. (UK, countable, uncountable) To do with structure or procedure.
17. (UK, countable, dated, uncountable) To do with structure or procedure.
18. (countable, uncountable) A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
19. (countable, uncountable) A specimen document to be copied or imitated.
20. (countable, uncountable) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.
21. (countable, uncountable) The den or home of a hare.
22. (countable, uncountable) A window or dialogue box.
23. (countable, uncountable) An infraspecific rank.
24. (countable, dated, uncountable) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.
25. (countable, uncountable) A quantic.
26. (countable, uncountable) A specific way of performing a movement.

Verb

1. (transitive) To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
2. (transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
3. (intransitive) To take shape.
4. To put together or bring into being; assemble.
5. (transitive) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
6. (transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
7. To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
8. To provide (a hare) with a form.
9. (historical, transitive) To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead peroxide. This was formerly done by repeated slow alternations of the charging current, but later the plates or grids were coated or filled, one with a paste of red lead and the other with litharge, introduced into the cell, and formed by a direct charging current.

Synonyms

shape

figure

make

appearance

create

build

mold

style

fashion

constitute

organize

pattern

mould

construct

establish

type

body

structure

frame

physique

manner

take shape

model

blank

sort

kind

compose

set up

image

make up

outline

format

class

cast

configuration

way

mode

face

look

work

grade

aspect

found

variety

questionnaire

character

produce

erect

cut

develop

Translations

forme

Form

forma

forma

former

Gestalt

formar

formare

formulaire

formen

formulario

Formular

bilden

modulo

forma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɔːm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: forme

In summary

From Middle English forme (“shape, figure, manner, bench, frame, seat, condition, agreement, etc.”), borrowed from Old French forme, from Latin fōrma (“shape, figure, image, outline, plan, mold, frame, case, etc., manner, sort, kind, etc.”).
In sense "division grouping school students" (now dated), derived from public school nomenclature later adopted by state schools. It is sometimes said to be from the sense of "bench", where students of certain ages would sit together, though this is disputed, or alternatively from the sense of "established method of expression or practice".

Sentences

Could I ask you to fill in this form , please ?

Sometimes the human soul is conceived not in human but in animal form .

Other versets are only occasionally cast in this form .

The attached form also reproduces sexually , and is monoecious .

This particular form of encoding requires a specialized crossover mechanism .