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present participle of shape.

shaping

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formative adj.
making adj.
adjustment n.
art n.
assembly n.
making n.
molding n.

ADJECTIVE

formative

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developmental

STRONG

determinative sensitive

WEAK

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

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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

STRONG

casting creating making modeling

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shaping

The current El Nino event, which emerged in June, is expected to peak later this year but is already shaping up to be the strongest ever observed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

"The soft palate and the shaping of the oral cavity and pharynx are directly linked to the evolution of mammals."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

In a series that’s rapidly shaping up as a battle of the bullpens, the Dodgers clearly aren’t getting what they paid for.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

And if struggling is how Mona will mold herself for the theater — stretching and shaping her performance into something worthy of the greater New Jersey area’s most prolific stage — so be it.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

It’s shaping up to be a long night.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

shaping

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