form
//fɔːm//
Forms
- Plural
- forms
- present (v1)
- form
- past (v2)
- formed
- past participle (v3)
- formed
- present participle
- forming
- 3rd person singular
- forms
Definitions
1.To do with shape.
- In the hall. One large table, with frame. 10s. ij cobbordes 8s. j fourme, j chaire, and j kenninge measure, 12d.
- I can see the old schoolroom yet: the broken-down desks and the worn-out forms with knots in that got stuck into your backside[…].
- Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
2.To do with structure or procedure.
- The team's form has been poor this year.
- The orchestra was on top form this evening.
- From the sixth form will come the scholars and the administrators.
3.A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
- To apply for the position, complete the application form.
4.A specimen document to be copied or imitated.
- Please fill in this application form.
1.To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
- When you kids form a straight line I'll hand out the lollies.
2.To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
- Roll out the dough to form a thin sheet.
3.To take shape.
- When icicles start to form on the eaves you know the roads will be icy.
4.To put together or bring into being; assemble.
- The socialists did not have enough MPs to form a government.
- Paul McCartney and John Lennon formed The Beatles in Liverpool in 1960.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #556
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
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.”).