"form" meaning in English

See form in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fɔːm/ [UK], /fɔrm/ [US] Audio: en-us-form.ogg [US] Forms: form [singular], forms [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Form is the shape or structure of a person or a thing.
    Sense id: simple-form-en-noun-iLIv1Fwa
  2. A thing that makes shapes to other things, as in a mold.
    Sense id: simple-form-en-noun-OEqIZsfR
  3. A form is a blank document which is to be filled in by a person.
    Sense id: simple-form-en-noun-wqaIkvBI

Verb

IPA: /fɔːm/ [UK], /fɔrm/ [US] Audio: en-us-form.ogg [US] Forms: form [canonical], forms [third-person, singular], formed [past], formed [past, participle], forming [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you form something, you give it shape or structure.
    Sense id: simple-form-en-verb-rTzRandn
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "form",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forms",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Form is the shape or structure of a person or a thing."
      ],
      "id": "simple-form-en-noun-iLIv1Fwa",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable & uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A thing that makes shapes to other things, as in a mold."
      ],
      "id": "simple-form-en-noun-OEqIZsfR"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "To join with the club, please fill in this application form."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A form is a blank document which is to be filled in by a person."
      ],
      "id": "simple-form-en-noun-wqaIkvBI",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔːm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/fO:m/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔrm/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/fOr\\m/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-form.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "form"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "form",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forms",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formed",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forming",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "If you form something, you give it shape or structure."
      ],
      "id": "simple-form-en-verb-rTzRandn"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔːm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/fO:m/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔrm/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/fOr\\m/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-form.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "form"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "form",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forms",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns",
        "Uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Form is the shape or structure of a person or a thing."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable & uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A thing that makes shapes to other things, as in a mold."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "To join with the club, please fill in this application form."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A form is a blank document which is to be filled in by a person."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔːm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/fO:m/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔrm/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/fOr\\m/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-form.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "form"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "form",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forms",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formed",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forming",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "If you form something, you give it shape or structure."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔːm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/fO:m/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔrm/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/fOr\\m/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-form.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "form"
}

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