📖 F — The English dictionary · page 35

forgivable — Everyday, meaning 1: Able to be forgiven; not so bad that you cannot excuse it.↗ Example: Forgetting your lunch is a forgivable mistake.↗ · Spilling the paint was forgivable because it was an accident.↗ · Some lies are less forgivable than others.↗ · Her nervousness on the first day was perfectly forgivable.↗ · Breaking a promise to your friend is hard but still forgivable.↗ · Christians believe that every sin is forgivable if a person is truly sorry.↗

forgive — Everyday, meaning 1: To stop being angry with someone who did something wrong to you, and not try to punish them.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To let someone off paying money they owe.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (forgive me) A polite way to say sorry before saying or asking something.↗ Example: I forgave my brother for breaking my toy.↗ · Please forgive me — I didn't mean to hurt you.↗ · She found it hard to forgive her friend.↗ · Forgive and forget, Grandma always says.↗ · Will you ever forgive me?↗ · Forgive me, but is this seat free?↗ · He forgave the bully when he said sorry and stopped.↗ · The bank forgave the farmers' debts after the flood.↗ · "Ah, sir, forgive me!" cried the merchant.↗ · And the LORD said: 'If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will forgive all the place for their sake.'↗ (Torah GEN.18.26, JPS 1917)↗ · Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt Thou indeed sweep away and not forgive the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?↗ (Torah GEN.18.24, JPS 1917)↗ · And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father.'↗ And Joseph wept when they spoke unto him.↗ (Torah GEN.50.17, JPS 1917)↗ · See mine affliction and my travail; and forgive all my sins.↗ (Writings PSA.25.18, JPS 1917)↗ · O LORD our God, Thou didst answer them; a forgiving God wast Thou unto them, though Thou tookest vengeance of their misdeeds.↗ (Writings PSA.99.8, JPS 1917)↗ · then hear Thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy people Israel, and bring them back unto the land which Thou gavest unto their fathers.↗ (Prophets 1KI.8.34, JPS 1917)↗

forgiveness — Everyday, meaning 1: Forgiveness is when you stop being angry with someone who hurt you and do not try to pay them back.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Forgiveness is also the act of asking to be forgiven, as in "ask for forgiveness".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (church) Christians believe God offers forgiveness of sins to people who are truly sorry.↗ Example: She asked her brother for forgiveness after she broke his kite.↗ · Forgiveness takes courage when someone has really hurt you.↗ · The father ran out to meet his lost son with hugs and forgiveness.↗ · Christians pray for the forgiveness of their sins.↗ · Forgiveness doesn't mean pretending nothing happened.↗ · After the fight, the two boys shook hands as a sign of forgiveness.↗ · I'm sorry, and I hope for your forgiveness.↗ · The king begged forgiveness for his former fault, and requested him to revive his daughter.↗ · For with Thee there is forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.↗ (Writings PSA.130.4, JPS 1917)↗ · To the Lord our God belong compassions and forgivenesses; for we have rebelled against Him; (Writings DAN.9.9, JPS 1917)↗

forgo — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To choose to go without something you would like, or to give up a chance.↗ Example: She decided to forgo her pocket money to help the charity.↗ · We will forgo the trip to the park because of the rain.↗ · Many Christians forgo chocolate during Lent.↗ · He forwent the last cake so his sister could have it.↗ · The team agreed to forgo a break to finish the project.↗ · You may forgo the second helping if you are full.↗

forgotten — Everyday, meaning 1: Past participle of «forget»: not remembered; something you did not keep in your mind (I have forgotten my password).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Forgotten (adjective): no longer remembered or cared about by people (a forgotten toy, a forgotten village).↗ Example: I have forgotten my lunch box at home!↗ · Have you forgotten your password again?↗ · They found a forgotten tunnel under the old house.↗ · The forgotten teddy sat in the attic for years.↗ · Don't worry, it's forgotten — let's be friends.↗ · I'd forgotten all about the party until you said it.↗ · Tell a teacher if you see a forgotten bag on a train.↗ · All wrongs and unfaithfulness were forgotten.↗ · And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; (Torah GEN.41.30, JPS 1917)↗ · Hath God forgotten to be gracious?↗ (Writings PSA.77.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Yet My people have forgotten Me days without number.↗ (Prophets JER.2.32, JPS 1917)↗ · My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.↗ (Writings JOB.19.14, JPS 1917)↗

fork — Everyday, meaning 1: A fork is a tool with a handle and two to four points (prongs) that you use to eat food.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A garden fork is a large tool with prongs for digging soil.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A fork in a road or river is where it splits into two.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To fork is to divide into two parts going different ways.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To fork out is to pay money, often unwillingly (informal).↗ Example: Eat your peas with a fork.↗ · Put the knife and fork beside the plate.↗ · Turn left at the fork in the road.↗ · Dad dug the garden with a fork.↗ · A snake has a forked tongue.↗ · The path forks near the old oak tree.↗ · We had to fork out for new school shoes.↗ · ‘Who’s been using my little fork?’↗ · And the price of the filing was a pim for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks with three teeth, and for the axes; and to set the goads.↗ (Prophets 1SA.13.21, JPS 1917)↗

forklift — Everyday, meaning 1: A forklift is a small, strong vehicle with two long metal prongs at the front that slide under heavy loads to lift and move them.↗ Example: The forklift lifted the pallet of bottles onto the lorry.↗ · Uncle Tom drives a forklift at the warehouse.↗ · Stay away from the forklift area in the garden centre.↗ · A forklift beeps when it reverses.↗ · The forklift's two forks slid under the crate.↗ · You need a licence to drive a forklift.↗ · In the toy shop I got a little yellow forklift.↗

forlorn — Everyday, meaning 1: Sad, lonely and uncared for, often left alone.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old use) Hopeless, in a poor or wretched state.↗ Example: The forlorn puppy waited at the gate.↗ · The shipwrecked sailor felt forlorn.↗ · Forlorn and hungry, the children wandered on.↗

form — Everyday, meaning 1: A form is a shape: a cloud in the form of a rabbit.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A form is a kind or type: ice is a form of water.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A form is a paper or online page with spaces to fill in information.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In the UK, a form is a class or year group at school.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To form means to make or create something, or to take shape: ice forms on the pond.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: In grammar, a form is one version of a word: «ran» is a form of «run».↗ Everyday, meaning 7: Good form means behaving in the polite and correct way that people expect.↗ Example: Ice, water and steam are three forms of the same thing.↗ · Please fill in this form with your name and address.↗ · Form a line by the door.↗ · Clouds form when water vapour cools.↗ · Write a half in decimal form.↗ · My form teacher takes the register every morning.↗ · «Went» is the past form of «go».↗ · The children formed a circle for the game.↗ · A terrible answer suddenly presented itself—“Good form?”↗ · And Joseph was of beautiful form, and fair to look upon.↗ (Torah GEN.39.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And Leah's eyes were weak; but Rachel was of beautiful form and fair to look upon.↗ (Torah GEN.29.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And the LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.↗ (Torah GEN.2.8, JPS 1917)↗ · He that formed the eye, shall He not see?↗ (Writings PSA.94.9, JPS 1917)↗ · There go the ships; there is leviathan, whom Thou hast formed to sport therein.↗ (Writings PSA.104.26, JPS 1917)↗ · The people which I formed for Myself, that they might tell of My praise.↗ (Prophets ISA.43.21, JPS 1917)↗

formal — Everyday, meaning 1: Formal means serious and following proper rules, used in important or official situations.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Formal clothes are smart clothes worn for special events.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Formal language is polite and careful, not chatty or slangy.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Formal can mean official, done in the proper way.↗ Example: We wrote a formal letter to the council about the park.↗ · The wedding was very formal.↗ · He wore a formal suit and tie.↗ · Use formal language when you write to the head teacher.↗ · Use the formal written method for long multiplication.↗ · We got a formal invitation to the school concert.↗ · «Hello» is more formal than «Hiya».↗

formality — Everyday, meaning 1: Something that must be done because of rules or custom, often a small step that does not change the result: «just a formality».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Polite, stiff and correct behaviour, as at an important ceremony.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An official step, such as signing forms at a border.↗ Example: Signing the form is just a formality; you are already in the team.↗ · The formality of the wedding made the little boy nervous.↗ · At the airport we went through the usual formalities.↗ · Let's skip the formalities and start the game.↗ · Asking Dad was a formality; he always says yes.↗ · The headteacher spoke with great formality at assembly.↗

formally — Everyday, meaning 1: In a polite, serious, correct way, suitable for important occasions.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Officially: «formally announced».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In proper dress for a special event: «dressed formally».↗ Example: We must write the letter formally.↗ · The new library was formally opened by the mayor.↗ · Everyone dressed formally for the wedding.↗ · He was formally introduced to the queen.↗ · The school formally announced the new rules.↗ · In assembly we speak formally.↗

format — Everyday, meaning 1: A format is the way something is arranged, set out or organised, like the layout of a letter or the shape of a book.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A format is the type of a computer file or recording, such as a picture or video type.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A format is the plan or rules of a game show, contest or event.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To format something is to arrange how it looks, or (computers) to prepare a memory card or drive, which wipes it.↗ Example: Use the correct format for a formal letter: address, date, greeting.↗ · Save your picture in a format the printer can read.↗ · The quiz has a new format this year.↗ · Format the title in bold.↗ · Don't format the memory stick, it will delete everything.↗ · The tournament format is groups, then knockouts.↗ · The book comes in a large-print format.↗ · Proofed, formatted and Unicode transliteration by John Bruno Hare.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

formation — Everyday, meaning 1: Formation is the way something is made or forms over time.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A formation is a pattern or shape that people, planes, birds or players are arranged in.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A rock formation is a natural shape or group of rocks.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (formal) The formation of a club or group is when it is set up.↗ Example: We learned about the formation of rain clouds.↗ · The geese flew south in a V formation.↗ · The team played in a 4-4-2 formation.↗ · The cave has amazing rock formations.↗ · The planes flew in formation over the crowd.↗ · Stalactites take a very long time in their formation.↗ · The pupils stood in a formation of 5 rows of 6, so there were 30 of them.↗ · The formation of the school council was announced in assembly.↗ (formal)↗ · The End of the "Book of Formation."↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The End of the '' Booh of Formation.''↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · 18) Meaning outlets, outgates of the creative power, formations.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

formative — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Having the power to shape or form something.↗ Example: Rittangelius gives "replace the formative power upon his throne."↗ Postellus gives "restore the device to its place."↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

former — Everyday, meaning 1: Former means earlier, from before but not now: «the former head teacher», «a former champion».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The former means the first of two things just mentioned; the second is «the latter».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (UK schools, old) A form is a class, and some schools call a pupil «a sixth-former».↗ Example: Our former teacher came to visit.↗ · He is a former Olympic champion.↗ · Tea and coffee?↗ I prefer the former, so tea please.↗ · Kenya is a former British colony.↗ · The castle is a shadow of its former self.↗ · In former times, children worked in factories.↗ · My sister is a sixth-former.↗ · The poor Jackdaw returned sadly to his former companions.↗ · that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.↗ (Torah DEU.11.14, JPS 1917)↗ · within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee unto thine office; and thou shalt give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.↗ (Torah GEN.40.13, JPS 1917)↗ · For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto the Arnon.↗ (Torah NUM.21.26, JPS 1917)↗ · Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.↗ (Prophets 2KI.17.40, JPS 1917)↗ · Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.↗ (Prophets ISA.43.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Where are Thy former mercies, O Lord, which Thou didst swear unto David in Thy faithfulness?↗ (Writings PSA.89.50, JPS 1917)↗