Another word for form
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Noun
A document used in applying, as for a job
An accepted way of doing something
See also:A conventional social gesture or act without intrinsic purpose
Verb
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Another word for form
Noun
Verb
To give shape to a thing
To comprise
See also:To take form
Synonym Study
- Configuration stresses the relative disposition of parts or elements an irregular configuration of streets, the configuration of the landscape
- Shape , although also stressing outline, is usually applied to something that has mass or bulk and may refer to nonphysical concepts her story began to take shape
- Outline is used of the lines bounding the limits of an object and, in an extended sense, suggests a general plan without detail
- Figure is applied to physical form as determined by the bounding lines or surfaces
- Form denotes the arrangement of the parts of a thing that gives it its distinctive appearance and is the broadest term here, applying also to abstract concepts
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