🗂️ A type or kind 📄 A document 👥 To create a group 👐 To make or shape 🔷 Shape or structure ☁️ To take shape 🏅 Performance level 🌊 To make up 🦠 A variant group 🔤 Word shape 🧱 A mold or frame 👩‍🎓 A student group 🧠 To establish 🧍 A mannequin

form

530 1.0

A paper or online document with spaces to fill with information

noun
/fɔrm/

: formulario

Please fill out the form before your appointment to ensure we have all your information.
consent form
complete a form
sign a form

Please fill out these forms in menage triplicates.

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Examples

Sign the release form.

Rush (2013)
Several students repeatedly fail to return the parental information form required to complete the application process.

Academic text (2015)
And as soon as you give us your your form, we're through.
Do you have another form of payment?

Ordinary Angels (2024)
Now here are your financial aid forms.

Walkout (2006)
You forgot to sign the form.

Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
I need a couple of signatures from you, starting here on the consent form.

Knox Goes Away (2024)
Children whose parents signed and returned the consent forms to the teachers participated in the study.

Academic text (2012)
All participants signed a detailed informed consent form to demonstrate their willing participation in the study.

Academic text (2011)
All participants were asked to complete an informed consent form prior to commencing the listening task.

Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

document

vsform

∞ 2.0

A paper or electronic file that gives official information

is specifically structured with blanks for people to enter required data

papers

vsform

∞ 1.9

Official documents that show who you are or give legal information

is aimed at gathering information through blank sections to complete

doc

vsform

Informal

30 4.1

A computer file that has written information people share

is a structured template with specific blanks for entering information

worksheet

vsform

12 2.0

A sheet of paper with questions or exercises that helps plan work and record information

is for collecting specific information using set fields to be filled

written document

vsform

Formal

5 2.5

A formal paper that gives information or records facts

is a template with ready fields meant for user input or data entry

Idioms

true to form

Informal

10 4.1

Happening or acting in the usual way as before

to return to form

5 4.6

Get back to a previous good level of ability after a time of decline

in rare form

Informal

4 7.6

Doing something much better than usual with extra energy

in no way, shape, or form

3 5.6

It is not true or possible in any way

Compounds

life form

143 2.8

A plant, an animal, or a tiny organism

art form

59 3.2

A particular type of art, like music, painting, or dance

tax form

Formal

16 2.8

An official paper you use to tell the government how much money you earn and owe in tax

application form

9 2.0

A document with questions to fill in when you apply for a job or a course

good form

9 4.9

Polite behavior people expect in social situations

form letter

7 3.2

A letter sent to many people with the same text

order form

6 2.0

A printed or online page you fill to ask for goods and services

requisition form

Formal

5 4.1

An official paper you use to ask for supplies or services from an organization

free form

Specialized

4 6.5

A small part of language that can be a whole word

claim form

Formal

4 2.9

A document you fill in to ask for money back from an insurance company

plural form

1 1.6

A change in a word that shows more than one person or thing

form of address

1 3.4

A way of speaking used when you talk to someone to show their title or relationship

singular form

Specialized

1 1.8

The form of a word used for one person or thing

verse form

Literature

1 7.0

A type of poem with a set number of lines and rhythm like a sonnet or haiku

life form

Specialized

1 3.4

The physical shape and parts of a plant or animal

form family

Specialized

1 9.9

A temporary group scientists use for plants or animals when it is not clear how they are related

sonata form

Specialized

1 8.6

A musical pattern with three main parts used at the start of many symphonies and sonatas

form book

Jargon

1 6.7

A record of past results and details about competitors that helps people decide bets

combining form

Specialized

1 8.1

A small word part from Greek or Latin that appears only inside longer words

imperative form

Specialized

1 4.4

A verb form used to give a command or request

word form

Specialized

1 4.1

A written or spoken version of a word showing its grammar and sound

telegraph form

Archaic

1 8.2

A printed form you use to write a telegram

form genus

Specialized

1 9.9

A temporary group for living things, often fossils, whose relations to others are unclear

leaf form

1 5.6

The shape of a plant leaf that helps identify species

citation form

Texting

1 7.5

The basic form of a word that a dictionary lists

bound form

Specialized

9.6

A small part added to a word that cannot stand alone, like -s in cats and -ed in walked

baking form

2.6

A pan that holds batter or dough while it bakes

form class

Specialized

6.9

A group of words that do the same job in grammar, like a noun or verb

form division

Archaic

9.9

An old artificial group that scientists used to sort plants

form genus Rhizoctinia

Specialized

9.9

A group name for fungi seen only in their non-sexual stage, often causing plant disease

free-form

5.3

A work that does not follow fixed rules or structure

major form class

Specialized

7.7

A main group of words like nouns, verbs, and adjectives that show a word's role in a sentence

plural form

Specialized

3.7

One translation used for different numbers, like one or many

How Detailed

application

489 2.4

questionnaire

64 3.4

to survey

60 3.2

form

530 1.0

blank

158 1.0

Surface Forms

form singular

forms plural

Etymology

Form comes from the Latin forma 'shape', and a paper or online form is like a fixed 'shape' on the page with places to fill in, so it gives a clear pattern to follow.