Meaning

26 senses
  1. To do with shape.

    (countable, physical, uncountable)The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.

    Gestalt, Form

    фо́рмаfórma, фигу́раfigúra

    фо́рмаfórma

    a perceptual structure

  2. (countable, physical, uncountable)A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.

  3. (countable, physical, uncountable)Regularity, beauty, or elegance.

  4. (countable, physical, uncountable)The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists.

  5. (countable, physical, uncountable)Characteristics not involving atomic components.

  6. (countable, dated, physical, uncountable)A long bench with no back.

  7. (countable, physical, uncountable)The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.

    alternative names for the body of a human being

  8. (countable, physical, uncountable)The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.

  9. To do with structure or procedure.

    (countable, uncountable)An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.

  10. (countable, uncountable)Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula.

  11. (countable, uncountable)Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.

    a republican form of government

  12. (countable, uncountable)Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality.

    a matter of mere form

Examples

1324 sentences
  1. Please fill out this form first.

    Будь ласка, спочатку заповніть цю форму.

    ruПожалуйста, заполните сначала этот бланк.

    deBitte füllen Sie zuerst dieses Formular aus.

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  2. Would you please fill out this form?

    Чи не могли б Ви, будь ласка, заповнити цю форму?

    ruВы не могли бы заполнить эту форму, пожалуйста?

    deWürden Sie bitte dieses Formular ausfüllen?

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  3. Attack is the best form of defense.

    Найкращий захист - напад.

    ruНаступление - лучшая защита.

    deAngriff ist die beste Verteidigung.

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  4. Who helped Tom fill out this form?

    Хто допоміг Тому заповнити цю форму?

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  5. Tom helped Mary fill out the form.

    Том допоміг Мері заповнити форму.

    ruТом помог Мэри заполнить форму.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
shape or visible structure:
document to be filled in:
Русский
By meaning 2
shape or visible structure:
document to be filled in:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
shape or visible structure:
document to be filled in:

Origin

From Middle English forme (“shape, figure, manner, bench, frame, seat, condition, agreemen

From Middle English forme (“shape, figure, manner, bench, frame, seat, condition, agreement, etc.”), borrowed from Old French forme, from Latin fōrma (“shape, figure, image, outline, plan, mold, frame, case, etc., manner, sort, kind, etc.”).

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Forms

plural: forms
Singularform
Pluralforms

regular

Synonyms

21 synonyms
visible structure of a person:figureA2
visible structure of a thing or person:shapeA2
thing that gives shape to other things:castB2moldB2patternB1cookie cutter
pre-collegiate level:gradeA1
mode of construction:configuration
blank document:formular
Close in meaning

Word family

149 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • application form
  • out this form
  • the application form
  • this application form
  • out the form
  • application form in
  • in this form

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
form — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto