to shape
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3.4
- verb
- /ʃeɪp/
- The things you do today will help shape your entire future.
- shape policy
- shape immigration
- shape lives
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Watch on YouTubeAll of those things really shape what you do or don't do.
- All of those things really shape what you do or don't do.
- This is something that deeply shapes the people using it.
- It's important to think about how workplaces shape health.
- All of these things shape how we show up.
- Our identities are shaped by that which we cling to.
- Those beliefs shape what we expect of people.
- And, you know, so her life has been shaped by fear, right?
- But we don't take the time to shape our active mindset.
- But it will shape the rest of your time on earth.
- And that means a pivotal figure in shaping the next four years.
- The people who liked that message had been shaped by where they live.
- So other people are shaping your views about yourself.
- And our decisions truly shape the experiences that we have.
- There's elements in your guys's career that shape what I'm doing now.
Examples
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Results of the needs assessment helped shape the trainings and monthly meetings.
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Those beliefs shape what we expect of people.
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Who are the people whose ideas have done the most to shape the nature of social work?
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This is something that deeply shapes the people using it.
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Therefore, the actual course that lives take is shaped by individual choices and historical chances.
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Teachers' understanding of their own cultural identity influences and shapes the ways in which they view others.
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A variety of historical factors have come to shape Western conceptions of man and nature as separate.
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The experiences you have can shape your perspective on life.
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Education plays a crucial role in shaping young minds.
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Mentors can significantly shape the career paths of their apprentices.
Synonyms
545
2.2
To change how people and things think, act, or develop
423
1.6
To make or shape something
208
3.1
To decide how something will happen or develop
51
3.6
To help form someone's character or ideas
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
4
2.3
A shape with a round base that narrows to a single point at the top like an ice cream cone
- Archaic
1
9.3
A morning way of choosing dock workers who gather and are picked for daily jobs
1
3.2
The way something becomes a different form when it is bent, heated, or pressed
- Specialized
1
6.9
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 Influential
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word shape comes from the old English sceapian ('to form' or 'make'), and its meaning grew from making things to making people and ideas. That's why we say experiences or teachers shape someone — they form or influence who that person becomes.