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present participle of shape.

shaping

ADJECTIVE

formative

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developmental

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determinative sensitive

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immature impressible malleable moldable pliant susceptible

Antonyms

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destructive noninfluential

ADJECTIVE

making

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accomplishing building composing constructing creating effecting executing fabricating fashioning forging forming generating manufacturing originating producing

NOUN

adjustment

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alteration arrangement improvement modification readjustment regulation

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acclimation acclimatization balancing conformance fitting fixing mending ordering organization orientation redress regulating setting standardization turning

WEAK

correcting organizing repairing

NOUN

art

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design painting

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abstraction carving description illustration imitation modeling molding portrayal representation simulation symbolization

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pictorialization sculpting sketching

Antonyms

WEAK

lack science unskill

NOUN

assembly

Synonyms

STRONG

adjustment attachment building collection construction erection fabrication joining manufacture manufacturing modeling molding welding

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connecting fitting together piecing together setting up

NOUN

making

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formulation

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authoring building causation composition conception constituting construction contriving designing devising fabrication fancying fashioning forging occasioning origination performing planning producing production

Antonyms

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destruction ruin

NOUN

molding

Synonyms

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casting creating making modeling

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“I started moving dirt and I started shaping it.”

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

Family, he argued, often played as important a role as football in shaping a player's decision.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

Greenspan, while officially in charge of monetary policy, actually played a key role in shaping fiscal policy.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

Tom Barrack, the Trump-appointed U.S. ambassador to Turkey who also plays a large role in shaping the administration’s approach to the Middle East, has been a proponent of breaking the impasse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

“So how’s McLaggen shaping up?” he asked Harry nervously, apparently forgetting that he had already asked the same question twice.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

shaping

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