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form: a mold for setting concrete; "they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation"; the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features"; a particular mode in which something is manifested; "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility"; an ability to perform well; "he was at the top of his form"; "the team was off form last night"; a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"; the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached"; a printed document with spaces in which to write; "he filled out his tax form"; an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse; "the essay was in the form of a dialogue"; "he first sketches the plot in outline form"; (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms"; assume a form or shape; "the water formed little beads"; create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"; to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"; develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape"

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modality collapse: a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment; a particular sense; a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility

lexeme collapse: a minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; `go' and `went' and `gone' and `going' are all members of the English lexeme `go'

matrix collapse: mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface; the formative tissue at the base of a nail; the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded; a rectangular array of elements (or entries) set out by rows and columns; an enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb)

monosyllable collapse: a word or utterance of one syllable

genre collapse: a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique; a kind of literary or artistic work

polysyllable collapse: a word of more than three syllables

format collapse: the general appearance of a publication; the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing); divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"; determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science); set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out"

morpheme collapse: minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units

antonym collapse: a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'"

homonym collapse: two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings

synonym collapse: two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context

standing order collapse: a rule of order permanently in force

fall in collapse: to take one's place in a military formation or line; "Troops fall in!"

spiritualism collapse: the belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium); (theology) any doctrine that asserts the separate existence of God

prototype collapse: a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"

figuration collapse: decorating with a design; representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory

animism collapse: the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls; "animism is common among primitive peoples"

configuration collapse: an arrangement of parts or elements; "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time"

solemnly collapse: in a grave and sedate manner; "the judge sat there solemnly"

word formation collapse

crystallize collapse: cause to take on a definite and clear shape; "He tried to crystallize his thoughts"; assume crystalline form; become crystallized; cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form; "crystallize minerals"

take shape collapse

maxim collapse: a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits; English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)

conformation collapse: a symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing

archetype collapse

formulary collapse: (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation; "postexposure prophylaxis is an integral part of the pharmacopeia in preventing severe disease after acute infections"; of or relating to or of the nature of a formula

rally round collapse

participle collapse: a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses

adjective collapse: the word class that qualifies nouns; a word that expresses an attribute of something; relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law ; "adjective law"

part of speech collapse: one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context

adverb collapse: the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses; a word that modifies something other than a noun

preposition collapse: a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word; (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)

layout collapse: the act of laying out (as by making plans for something); a plan or design of something that is laid out

criterion collapse: the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their community"

shape up collapse

gather around collapse

good form collapse: behavior that conforms to social conventions of the time; "it is not good form to brag about winning"

ordinance collapse: a statute enacted by a city government

rite collapse: an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism"

ceremonial collapse: marked by pomp or ceremony or formality; "a ceremonial occasion"; "ceremonial garb"

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