to shape
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2.0
- verb
- /ʃeɪp/
:
dar forma a
- Teachers have the ability to shape students' attitudes towards learning.
- shape and model
Let's go and shape up the brow underneath.
- Let's go and shape up the brow underneath.
- And that is to shape a Dragon's breath.
Examples
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The recyclables collected on the island are melted and then shaped in molds by skilled residents.
Academic text (1999) -
And so it really helped to shape my my research program.
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I now have the ability to shape my world.
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It's the power of assessment to shape what we think and how we teach.
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So we're starting to shape the reforms that we need now.
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It's ultimately up to us to shape the look and feel of our next generation catalogs.
Academic text (2011) -
The environment is beginning to shape China's economic and political choices in important ways.
Academic text (1999) -
The architect will shape the design of the new community center to meet local needs.
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She plans to shape her career by pursuing further education in her field.
Synonyms
∞
2.3
To move and shape materials with hands or tools
156
1.6
To make or shape something
102
4.1
To make a small copy of something to show or study it
47
4.6
To shape metal by heating and hammering or to make something with effort
42
3.6
To help form someone's character or ideas
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Archaic
1
9.3
A morning way of choosing dock workers who gather and are picked for daily jobs
1
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
How Formed
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word shape comes from the old English verb sceapian ('to form' or 'make'), and this was the original action word. So to shape something is simply to give it a form or make it fit a purpose.