formation
//fɔːˈmeɪʃ(ə)n//
formalForms
- Plural
- formations
Definitions
1.The act of assembling a group or structure.
- Some cloud formation was confirmed and rainfall was observed over some islands.
2.Something possessing structure or form.
3.The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.
4.A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3322
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English formacioun, formation, borrowed from Old French formacion, from Latin fōrmātiō, from fōrmō (“form”, verb); see form as verb.
Morphologically form + -ation.