formation

noun

  1. 1

    the act of forming or establishing something

    the constitution of a PTA group last year

    it was the establishment of his reputation

  2. 2

    the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

  3. 3

    creation by mental activity

    the formation of sentences

    the formation of memories

  4. 4

    a particular spatial arrangement

  5. 5

    an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit

    a defensive formation

    a formation of planes

  6. 6

    (geology) the geological features of the earth

  7. 7

    natural process that causes something to form

    the formation of gas in the intestine

    the formation of crystals

Synonyms

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