shaper
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6.4
- noun
- /ˈʃeɪpər/
:
formador
- Consonant with this observation, participants in the present study identified teammates, peers, and coaches as the primary shapers of athletes' perceptions of the use of performance-enhancing substances.
- shaper of public opinion
They're not commoners, but they're not the absolute rulers, the Shapers, and instead they can only work within and upon themselves.
- They're not commoners, but they're not the absolute rulers, the Shapers, and instead they can only work within and upon themselves.
- Women rediscovered the power within themselves to be shapers of their own futures, thereby transcending the then dominant narrative.
Examples
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Visit a shaper who crafts a board according to local surfing conditions and to the customer's weight and skill level.
Academic text (2006) -
Women rediscovered the power within themselves to be shapers of their own futures, thereby transcending the then dominant narrative.
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Especially in his treatment of space and point of view, he was a major shaper of visual and narrative form in film.
Academic text (1993) -
And now that he had grown up to become a shaper of young minds, he remained in the power of his earliest memories.
Academic text (2000) -
Our constitutional government was to be both agent of and shaper of the citizenry.
Academic text (1996) -
Students are active shapers of their own learning in some significant ways, and the education they receive is personalized.
Academic text (1998) -
Under his exceptionally creative and visionary leadership, AAHE became the shaper of issues in higher education.
Academic text (2005) -
Mike educates the public by interviewing newsmakers and policy shapers about the hottest topics in the country.
Blog text (29) -
And they, not the reformed psychoanalytic practitioners, were the shapers of the American youth culture that emerged in the late sixties.
Academic text (1996) -
The surfboard shaper carefully crafted each board to meet the needs of the surfers.
Synonyms
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1.6
A person or company that creates things such as cars and furniture
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3.7
A person who makes useful or decorative things by hand
A person or thing that makes something
A person who makes small models or statues from different materials
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shaper comes from the simple word shape ('form') and the ending -er meaning 'one who does something'. A helpful image is a craftsperson who 'gives shape' to wood or clay, so a shaper is someone who makes or forms things.