formation

Words with a similar base: formation, geological_formation

'formation'

[formation.n.01] as in: an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit

Examples:
a defensive formation
a formation of planes

'formation'

[formation.n.02] as in: the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

'formation'

[constitution.n.02] as in: the act of forming or establishing something

Examples:
the constitution of a PTA group last year
it was the establishment of his reputation
he still remembers the organization of the club

'formation'

[geological_formation.n.01] as in: (geology) the geological features of the earth

'formation'

[formation.n.05] as in: a particular spatial arrangement

'formation'

[formation.n.06] as in: natural process that causes something to form

Examples:
the formation of gas in the intestine
the formation of crystals
the formation of pseudopods

'formation'

[formation.n.07] as in: creation by mental activity

Examples:
the formation of sentences
the formation of memories

Origins

					formation (English)
└── formation (French)
    └── formatio (Latin)
        └── formo (Latin)
            └── forma (Latin)
                └── μόρφα (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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