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form
noun as in shape; arrangement
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anatomy, appearance, articulation, cast, configuration, conformation, construction, contour, cut, die, embodiment, figure, formation, framework, mold, outline, profile, silhouette, skeleton
noun as in animate body and its condition
noun as in accepted procedure; ceremony
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behavior, fashion, law, manner, method, mode, practice, process, regulation, rule, style, way
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canon, ceremonial, channels, conduct, convention, custom, decorum, etiquette, formality, habit, layout, manners, precept, proceeding, propriety, protocol, rite, ritual, ropes, setup, usage
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noun as in document that requires answers or information
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noun as in type, kind
noun as in organization, arrangement
verb as in bring into existence; make, produce
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assemble, build, complete, compose, constitute, construct, create, design, develop, establish, forge, found, organize, plan, set, set up, work
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arrange, cast, conceive, concoct, consummate, contrive, cultivate, cut, devise, erect, fabricate, fashion, finish, fix, frame, invent, manufacture, model, mold, outline, pattern, perfect, plot, project, scheme, shape, structure, trace
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block out, bring about, cook up, dream up, hammer out, knock off, make up, put together, throw together, turn out
verb as in come into being; arise
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accumulate, condense, crystallize, eventuate, grow, harden, materialize, mature, rise, settle
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become a reality, become visible, fall into place, shape up, show up, take on character, take shape
verb as in educate, discipline
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Example Sentences
The same Pediatrics journal notes that 17 states have some form of exception to the standard parental consent requirement.
I mean, physically, mentally, you know, in every way, shape, and form.
And with regular clients that see him at least twice a month, relationships inevitably form.
I ask Atefeh and Monir if they see dancing as a form of income in the future, a potential career.
But probably because we co-edited the Deadline Artists anthologies with our friend Jesse Angelo, we feel a fidelity to the form.
Practise gliding in the form of inflection, or slide, from one extreme of pitch to another.
The supernaturalist alleges that religion was revealed to man by God, and that the form of this revelation is a sacred book.
Arches more graceful in form, or better fitted to defy the assaults of time, I have never seen.
As company after company appeared, we were able to form a pretty exact estimate of their numbers.
And remember it is by our hypothesis the best possible form and arrangement of that lesson.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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