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form¹ noun 1 shape. 2 figure or outward appearance. 3 kind, type, variety or manifestation. 4 a document with printed text and spaces for the insertion of information. 5 a way, especially the correct way, of doing or saying something. 6 structure and organization in a piece of writing or work of art. 7 one's potential level of performance, eg in sport • soon find your form again. 8 any of the ways that a word can be spelt or grammatically inflected • the past tense form. 9 a school class. 10 a bench. 11 slang a criminal record. 12 a hare's burrow. verb (formed, forming) 1 to organize or set something up. 2 intrans to come into existence; to take shape. 3 to shape; to make (a shape). 4 to take on the shape or function of something. 5 to make up; to constitute. 6 to develop • form a relationship. 7 to influence or mould someone or something • the environment that formed him. 8 to construct, inflect grammatically or pronounce (a word). formable adj. forming noun. good or bad form polite or impolite social behaviour • That really is bad form. in good form in good spirits or health. a matter of form a case of a procedure being gone through for the sake of legality or convention. on or off form performing well or badly. take form to come into existence; to begin to have shape. true to form in the usual, typical or characteristic way.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from Latin forma shape or model.

form¹ noun 1 shape. 2 figure or outward appearance. 3 kind, type, variety or manifestation. 4 a document with printed text and spaces for the insertion of information. 5 a way, especially the correct way, of doing or saying something. 6 structure and organization in a piece of writing or work of art. 7 one's potential level of performance, eg in sport • soon find your form again. 8 any of the ways that a word can be spelt or grammatically inflected • the past tense form. 9 a school class. 10 a bench. 11 slang a criminal record. 12 a hare's burrow. verb (formed, forming) 1 to organize or set something up. 2 intrans to come into existence; to take shape. 3 to shape; to make (a shape). 4 to take on the shape or function of something. 5 to make up; to constitute. 6 to develop • form a relationship. 7 to influence or mould someone or something • the environment that formed him. 8 to construct, inflect grammatically or pronounce (a word). formable adj. forming noun. good or bad form polite or impolite social behaviour • That really is bad form. in good form in good spirits or health. a matter of form a case of a procedure being gone through for the sake of legality or convention. on or off form performing well or badly. take form to come into existence; to begin to have shape. true to form in the usual, typical or characteristic way.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from Latin forma shape or model.

form¹ noun 1 shape. 2 figure or outward appearance. 3 kind, type, variety or manifestation. 4 a document with printed text and spaces for the insertion of information. 5 a way, especially the correct way, of doing or saying something. 6 structure and organization in a piece of writing or work of art. 7 one's potential level of performance, eg in sport • soon find your form again. 8 any of the ways that a word can be spelt or grammatically inflected • the past tense form. 9 a school class. 10 a bench. 11 slang a criminal record. 12 a hare's burrow. verb (formed, forming) 1 to organize or set something up. 2 intrans to come into existence; to take shape. 3 to shape; to make (a shape). 4 to take on the shape or function of something. 5 to make up; to constitute. 6 to develop • form a relationship. 7 to influence or mould someone or something • the environment that formed him. 8 to construct, inflect grammatically or pronounce (a word). formable adj. forming noun. good or bad form polite or impolite social behaviour • That really is bad form. in good form in good spirits or health. a matter of form a case of a procedure being gone through for the sake of legality or convention. on or off form performing well or badly. take form to come into existence; to begin to have shape. true to form in the usual, typical or characteristic way.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from Latin forma shape or model.