to form
- verb
- /fɔrm/
- The clouds began to form a dark mass, signaling an approaching storm.
- relationships form
- newly forming
- ice crystals form
And I just, I, it just formed as a way of living.
- And I just, I, it just formed as a way of living.
- And it's hard to form your own taste.
- We think the moon formed from a huge impact.
- You can think you, you know, form your own conclusions, take action.
- And this misfolding can lead to proteins forming clumps or aggregates.
- There are bruises that have started to form on my knees.
Examples
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The reception committee is forming.
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And I think that really started to form who I am today.
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So I, it was trying to form a sense of myself.
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Till my line's starting to form, I can feel it.
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And it's hard to form your own taste.
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I just wanted to ask how you came to form the group.
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So over time, we should see bubbles form faster, pop more quickly.
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The process had started to form a new constitution, becoming effective July 1971.
Academic text (2013) -
Five subsamples were collected from each area and combined to form one composite soil sample.
Academic text (2008) -
One reason is that he sees national trends forming that may soon provide models for local collaborations.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
To make something new that does not exist yet
To start to form and become clear, for example an idea or plan
To start to exist
To begin to develop and become clear in shape or idea
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Jargon
In rugby, gather closely over a tackled player to protect and try to get the ball
Compounds
- Formal
An official paper you use to tell the government how much money you earn and owe in tax
- Formal
An official paper you use to ask for supplies or services from an organization
A way of speaking used when you talk to someone to show their title or relationship
- Literature
A type of poem with a set number of lines and rhythm like a sonnet or haiku
- Specialized
A small part added to a word that cannot stand alone, like -s in cats and -ed in walked
- Specialized
A small word part from Greek or Latin that appears only inside longer words
- Jargon
A record of past results and details about competitors that helps people decide bets
- Specialized
A temporary group scientists use for plants or animals when it is not clear how they are related
- Specialized
A group name for fungi seen only in their non-sexual stage, often causing plant disease
- Specialized
A temporary group for living things, often fossils, whose relations to others are unclear
- Specialized
A main group of words like nouns, verbs, and adjectives that show a word's role in a sentence
- Specialized
A musical pattern with three main parts used at the start of many symphonies and sonatas
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Etymology
Form comes from the Latin verb formare 'to shape', and to form is to take or get a 'shape' — that is, to begin to exist or appear in a certain way.