form

1. 1.

   create (as an entity)

   “social groups form everywhere”

   “They formed a company”

   Synonymsorganizeorganise

   Broadermake

   Narrowerreorganizechoose updraw upregimentsyndicate
2. 2.

   to compose or represent

   “This wall forms the background of the stage setting”

   “The branches made a roof”

   “This makes a fine introduction”

   Synonymsconstitutemake

   Broaderconstitute

   Narrowerchelateadd
3. 3.

   develop into a distinctive entity

   “our plans began to take shape”

   Synonymstake formtake shapespring

   Broaderbecome

   Narrowerregenerate
4. 4.

   give shape or form to

   “shape the dough”

   “form the young child's character”

   Synonymsshape

   Broaderchange

   Narrowerindividuatetieterraceforktabulatedimensionroll
5. 5.

   make something, usually for a specific function

   “She molded the rice balls carefully”

   “Form cylinders from the dough”

   “shape a figure”

   “Work the metal into a sword”

   Synonymsshapeworkmoldmouldforge

   Broadercreate from raw material

   Narrowercarveswage
6. 6.

   establish or impress firmly in the mind

   “We imprint our ideas onto our children”

   Synonymsimprint

   Broaderinfluence
7. 7.

   assume a form or shape

   “the water formed little beads”

   Broaderchange

   Narrowerconstellateculminategranulateconglobatebunchbrecciatereticulateflakeheadbead

Other forms of form

plural

forms·

past tense

formed·

present participle

forming·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about form

What does form mean?

form means "the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something". That is the primary sense; the word has 23 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in form?

form has 1 syllable: form. In IPA it is /ˈfɔɹm/.

What is another word for form?

Close synonyms include word form, signifier, descriptor, kind, sort. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is form a common word?

form is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with form?

13 words rhyme with form. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.