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form

Pronunciation: /fɔrm/

“form” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 18 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a form, shape (the outer configuration of a thing; figure, outline)
  2. curves (the shape of a human, especially a woman's body)
  3. a shape, form (the way in which details, especially outer lines, are prepared, arranged, assembled into a harmonious whole)
  4. form (way of expressing oneself; way of acting)
  5. a form, design (the way in which something acts, is organized or manifests itself)
  6. a state (the physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma)
  7. a level below a species in the classification of organisms, where there is a less systematic variation between individuals of the same species
  8. a type, kind, form (a category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together)
  9. a form (an eternal type of thing or idea, especially in Plato's philosophy)
  10. the formal cause (the design, pattern, or pure concept of a thing, which gives form or structure to its matter, in Aristotelianism)
  11. form (summary of the manifold, the material of experience, into unity in consciousness - especially in Kant's philosophy)
  12. a norm (a rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community)
  13. etiquette (the customary behavior of members of a profession, business, law, or sports team towards each other)
  14. a form (a grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech)
  15. a form, mold (a hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance)
  16. a printing form (an object, usually in the shape of a block or a plate, used in printing to apply ink on the printed surface)
  17. an extruder (a machine that extrudes material through shaped dies)
  18. shape, form (a human or animal's physical condition, especially in terms of endurance and athletic performance)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse form, borrowed from Latin fōrma (“form; figure, shape”), perhaps from Etruscan *morma, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, form”), possibly of Pre-Greek origin.

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