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

form

643 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

doc

vsform

Informal

75 4.1

A computer file that has written information people share

is a structured template with specific blanks for entering information

papers

vsform

23 1.9

Official documents that show who you are or give legal information

is aimed at gathering information through blank sections to complete

worksheet

vsform

11 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

3 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

9 4.1

Happening or acting in the usual way as before

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

to return to form

1 4.6

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

Compounds

life form

127 2.8

A plant, an animal, or a tiny organism

art form

55 3.2

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

life form

Specialized

37 3.4

The physical shape and parts of a plant or animal

tax form

Formal

12 2.8

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

application form

8 2.0

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

order form

6 2.0

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

form letter

5 3.2

A letter sent to many people with the same text

requisition form

Formal

4 4.1

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

claim form

Formal

3 2.9

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

good form

3 4.9

Polite behavior people expect in social situations

free-form

2 5.3

A work that does not follow fixed rules or structure

form of address

1 3.4

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

free form

Specialized

1 6.5

A small part of language that can be a whole word

plural form

1 1.6

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

citation form

Texting

1 7.5

The basic form of a word that a dictionary lists

verse form

Literature

1 7.0

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

bound form

Specialized

9.6

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

combining form

Specialized

8.1

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

baking form

2.6

A pan that holds batter or dough while it bakes

form book

Jargon

6.7

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

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 family

Specialized

9.9

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

form genus Rhizoctinia

Specialized

9.9

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

form genus

Specialized

9.9

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

leaf form

5.6

The shape of a plant leaf that helps identify species

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

imperative form

Specialized

4.4

A verb form used to give a command or request

plural form

Specialized

3.7

One translation used for different numbers, like one or many

telegraph form

Archaic

8.2

A printed form you use to write a telegram

singular form

Specialized

1.8

The form of a word used for one person or thing

sonata form

Specialized

8.6

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

word form

Specialized

4.1

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

How Detailed

application

528 2.4

questionnaire

49 3.4

to survey

83 3.2

form

643 1.0

blank

142 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.