formation

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noun

1. an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit (Freq. 7)
- a defensive formation
- a formation of planes
• Derivationally related forms:
form
• Hypernyms:
arrangement
• Hyponyms:
flight, military formation, backfield, secondary, line,
center, flank, wing, head, rear
2. the act of fabricating something in a particular shape (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
shaping
• Derivationally related forms:
shape (for: shaping), form
• Hypernyms:
fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing
• Hyponyms:
filing, forging, metalworking, metalwork, granulation,
grooving, rifling, turning
3. the act of forming or establishing something (Freq. 4)
- the constitution of a PTA group last year
- it was the establishment of his reputation
- he still remembers the organization of the club
• Syn:
constitution, establishment, organization, organisation
• Derivationally related forms:
organise (for: organisation), organize (for: organization), form, establish (for: establishment), constitute (for: constitution)
• Hypernyms:
beginning, start, commencement
• Hyponyms:
unionization, unionisation, collectivization, collectivisation, communization,
communisation, federation, colonization, colonisation, settlement
4. (geology) the geological features of the earth (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
geological formation
• Topics:
geology
• Hypernyms:
object, physical object
• Hyponyms:
aquifer, beach, cave, cliff, drop,
drop-off, delta, diapir, folium, foreshore, ice mass,
lakefront, massif, monocline, mouth, natural depression, depression,
natural elevation, elevation, oceanfront, range, mountain range, range of mountains,
chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains, relict, ridge, ridgeline,
shore, slope, incline, side, spring, fountain,
outflow, outpouring, natural spring, talus, scree, vein,
vein, volcanic crater, crater, wall, water table,
water level, groundwater level
• Instance Hyponyms:
Pillars of Hercules
5. a particular spatial arrangement (Freq. 3)
• Derivationally related forms:
form
• Hypernyms:
placement, arrangement
• Hyponyms:
raster, rig, rigging, split
6. natural process that causes something to form
- the formation of gas in the intestine
- the formation of crystals
- the formation of pseudopods
• Hypernyms:
natural process, natural action, action, activity
• Hyponyms:
incrustation, encrustation, reticulation
7. creation by mental activity
- the formation of sentences
- the formation of memories
• Derivationally related forms:
form
• Hypernyms:
creating by mental acts
• Hyponyms:
affixation

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  geological formation, constitution, establishment, organization, organisation, shaping