form
verb /fɔːm/
/fɔːrm/ Definition
B2 [I or T] to begin to exist or to make something begin to exist: A crowd formed around the accident. A solution began to form in her mind. She formed the clay into a small bowl. I formed the impression (= the way she behaved suggested to me) that she didn't really want to come.Creating and producingInventing, designing and innovation B1 [L only + noun] to make or be something: The lorries formed a barricade across the road. Together they would form the next government. This information formed the basis of the report.Comprising and consisting ofIncluding and containing › [I] formal (also form up) If separate things form, they come together to make a whole: The children formed into lines. The procession formed up and moved off slowly.Collecting and amassingForming groups (of people)
(Definition of form verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a pack rat idiom
- accumulate verb
- amass verb
- assemble verb (GATHER)
- bank verb (MASS)
- collectable adjective
- collector noun (HOBBY)
- collector's item noun
- compile verb (GATHER TOGETHER)
- concentrate verb (COME TOGETHER)
- concentration noun (AMOUNT)
- fundraising noun
- garner verb
- gather verb (COLLECT)
- harvest verb (BODY PARTS)
- put sth together phrasal verb 1
- rake sth/sb up phrasal verb
- reassemble verb
- scrape sth/sb together/up phrasal verb
- store noun (STH KEPT)
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