formation

Main Entry:
formation [fawr-mey-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: composition, establishment
Synonyms: accumulation, architecture, arrangement, compilation, configuration, constitution, construction, creation, crystallization, deposit, design, development, dispersal, disposition, embodiment, evolution, fabrication, figure, forming, generation, genesis, grouping, induction, makeup, manufacture, order, organization, pattern, production, rank, structure, synthesis
Main Entry: army
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: military force, usually for land
Synonyms: armed force, artillery, battalion, battery, brigade, cavalry, column, command, company, corps, detail, division, flight, formation, infantry, legion, outfit, patrol unit, platoon, regiment, soldiers, soldiery, squad, troops, wing
Main Entry: array
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: collection, considerable group
Synonyms: arrangement, batch, body, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, design, display, disposition, exhibition, formation, host, lineup, lot, multitude, order, parade, pattern, set, show, supply, throng
Main Entry: composition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: structure, arrangement
Synonyms: agreement, architecture, balance, beauty, combination, concord, configuration, consonance, constitution, content, design, distribution, form, formation, harmony, layout, make-up, placing, proportion, relation, rhythm, spacing, style, symmetry, weave
Main Entry: conception
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: beginning, birth
Synonyms: fertilization, formation, germination, impregnation, inception, initiation, insemination, invention, launching, origin, outset, start
Notes: a concept is a more definite, more unitary, more complete type of notion than is a conception, which is more of an ideational structure with a potential for realization (rather like a schema)
Antonyms: abortion, death
Main Entry: conformation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: shape
Synonyms: anatomy, arrangement, build, cast, configuration, figure, form, formation, frame, framework, outline, structure, symmetry, type
Main Entry: constitution
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: physical make-up and health
Synonyms: architecture, build, character, composition, construction, content, contents, design, disposition, essence, form, formation, frame, habit, habitus, nature, physique, structure, temper, temperament, type, vitality
Main Entry: constitution
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: establishment
Synonyms: charter, code, composition, custom, formation, lawmaking, legislation, organization, written law
Main Entry: construction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: creation, building
Synonyms: architecture, arrangement, assembly, build, cast, composition, conception, constitution, contour, cut, development, disposition, edifice, elevation, erecting, erection, fabric, fabricating, fabrication, figuration, figure, form, format, formation, foundation, improvisation, invention, makeup, making, manufacture, mold, origination, outline, plan, planning, prefab, prefabrication, putting up, raising, rearing, roadwork, shape, structure, system, systematization, turn, type
Antonyms: destruction, disfigurement, disorganization, ruin, ruins
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