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form
[ fawrm ]
/ fɔrm /
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Origin of form
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English forme, from Old French, from Latin forma “form, figure, model, mold, sort,” Medieval Latin: “seat”
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1. Form, figure, outline, shape refer to an appearance that can be recognized. Form, figure, and shape are often used to mean an area defined by contour without regard to other identifying qualities, as color or material. Outline refers to the line that delimits a form, figure, or shape: the outline of a hill. Form often includes a sense of mass or volume: a solid form. Shape may refer to an outline or a form: an “S” shape; a woman's shape. Figure often refers to a form or shape determined by its outline: the figure eight. Form and shape may also be applied to abstractions: the shape or form of the future. Form is applied to physical objects, mental images, methods of procedure, etc.; it is a more inclusive term than either shape or figure : the form of a cross, of a ceremony, of a poem.
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Other definitions for form (2 of 2)
-form
a combining form meaning “having the form of”: cruciform.
Origin of -form
From the Latin suffix -fōrmis
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British Dictionary definitions for form (1 of 3)
form
/ (fɔːm) /
noun
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Derived forms of form
formable, adjectiveWord Origin for form
C13: from Old French forme, from Latin forma shape, model
British Dictionary definitions for form (2 of 3)
Form
/ (fɔːm) /
noun
(in the philosophy of Plato) an ideal archetype existing independently of those individuals which fall under it, supposedly explaining their common properties and serving as the only objects of true knowledge as opposed to the mere opinion obtainable of matters of factAlso called: Idea
British Dictionary definitions for form (3 of 3)
-form
adj combining form
having the shape or form of or resemblingcruciform; vermiform
Word Origin for -form
from New Latin -formis, from Latin, from fōrma form
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