SHAPE
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8.1
- proper noun
- Jargon
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SHAPE
- Lattin, Don. Following Our Bliss: How the Spiritual Ideals of the Sixties Shape Our Lives Today. San Francisco: Harper, 2004. Print.
Examples
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We peer over the shoulder of the Shape, standing across the street.
Fiction book (1995) -
In the back of the van, we can see the Shape's white mask.
Fiction book (1995) -
Behind the altar, the Shape stands in its cell.
Fiction book (1995) -
The position is strongly implied in Michaels's The Shape of the Signifier and more explicitly outlined in "Going Boom" and "Neoliberal Aesthetics."
Academic text (2016) -
The article in SHAPE magazine inspired many readers to adopt healthier lifestyles.
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As an influencer, she often appears in ads for SHAPE, promoting fitness and wellness.
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The latest edition of SHAPE features interviews with top athletes about their training routines.
Synonyms
The NATO headquarters in Europe that gives military advice and leads allied forces
Idioms
Compounds
- Archaic
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9.3
A morning way of choosing dock workers who gather and are picked for daily jobs
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2.3
A shape with a round base that narrows to a single point at the top like an ice cream cone
- Specialized
A smooth bell-shaped curve that shows how values spread around the average
- Specialized
Seeing a solid object like a door as the same form from different angles
Surface Forms
Morphology
SHAPE = S + H + A + P + E
This sense is an acronym made from initial letters, and the letters themselves do not transparently reveal the institutional meaning to a learner.
Etymology
SHAPE is a short name made from the first letters of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a 'shape' as something that gives form: SHAPE is the 'top' office that gives form to NATO's military plans in Europe.