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form
noun as in shape; arrangement
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anatomy, appearance, articulation, cast, configuration, conformation, construction, contour, cut, die, embodiment, figure, formation, framework, mold, outline, profile, silhouette, skeleton
noun as in animate body and its condition
noun as in accepted procedure; ceremony
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behavior, fashion, law, manner, method, mode, practice, process, regulation, rule, style, way
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canon, ceremonial, channels, conduct, convention, custom, decorum, etiquette, formality, habit, layout, manners, precept, proceeding, propriety, protocol, rite, ritual, ropes, setup, usage
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noun as in document that requires answers or information
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noun as in type, kind
noun as in organization, arrangement
verb as in bring into existence; make, produce
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assemble, build, complete, compose, constitute, construct, create, design, develop, establish, forge, found, organize, plan, set, set up, work
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arrange, cast, conceive, concoct, consummate, contrive, cultivate, cut, devise, erect, fabricate, fashion, finish, fix, frame, invent, manufacture, model, mold, outline, pattern, perfect, plot, project, scheme, shape, structure, trace
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block out, bring about, cook up, dream up, hammer out, knock off, make up, put together, throw together, turn out
verb as in come into being; arise
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accumulate, condense, crystallize, eventuate, grow, harden, materialize, mature, rise, settle
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become a reality, become visible, fall into place, shape up, show up, take on character, take shape
verb as in educate, discipline
Example Sentences
Well, the early results are in, in the form of Trump’s first Cabinet nominations, and they are … well, wow, the early results are a lot.
Under its president, the writer Amin Maalouf, the dictionary committee meets every Thursday morning and after discussion gives its ruling on definitions that have been drawn up in preliminary form by outside experts.
The forecasts published on Friday will also form part of the public debate, and private negotiations between universities and ministers considering whether tuition fees should rise further in the future.
Looking back at “U2:UV,” the Edge, 63, says a Sphere production is “its own distinct kind of art form — a new art form, I think, not just for music but for narrative film, for documentary, for all kinds of presentations. It’s the ability to translocate the audience to a new place, be it real or imaginary.”
The population should have begun to stabilize, except there was a new form of growth: immigration.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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