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form
Pronunciation: /fɔrm/
“form” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 18 meanings in English:
noun
- a form, shape (the outer configuration of a thing; figure, outline)
- curves (the shape of a human, especially a woman's body)
- a shape, form (the way in which details, especially outer lines, are prepared, arranged, assembled into a harmonious whole)
- form (way of expressing oneself; way of acting)
- a form, design (the way in which something acts, is organized or manifests itself)
- a state (the physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma)
- a level below a species in the classification of organisms, where there is a less systematic variation between individuals of the same species
- a type, kind, form (a category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together)
- a form (an eternal type of thing or idea, especially in Plato's philosophy)
- the formal cause (the design, pattern, or pure concept of a thing, which gives form or structure to its matter, in Aristotelianism)
- form (summary of the manifold, the material of experience, into unity in consciousness - especially in Kant's philosophy)
- a norm (a rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community)
- etiquette (the customary behavior of members of a profession, business, law, or sports team towards each other)
- 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)
- a form, mold (a hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance)
- 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)
- an extruder (a machine that extrudes material through shaped dies)
- 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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