form
part of speech
noun (a form, forms); verb (form, forms, formed, forming)
meaning for a pupil
1) A form is a shape: a cloud in the form of a rabbit. tree →
2) A form is a kind or type: ice is a form of water. tree →
3) A form is a paper or online page with spaces to fill in information. tree →
4) In the UK, a form is a class or year group at school. tree →
5) To form means to make or create something, or to take shape: ice forms on the pond. tree →
6) In grammar, a form is one version of a word: «ran» is a form of «run». tree →
7) Good form means behaving in the polite and correct way that people expect. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science «form» describes changes of state (water in solid, liquid and gas form) and how things are made (clouds form, crystals form). In maths shapes and numbers can be written in different forms: a half in the form of a decimal is 0.5. In everyday life parents fill in forms for school trips. In grammar pupils learn word forms (plural form, past form). Phrases: fill in a form, form a line, in the form of, form teacher, good form.
examples
- Ice, water and steam are three forms of the same thing. tree →
- Please fill in this form with your name and address. tree →
- Form a line by the door. tree →
- Clouds form when water vapour cools. tree →
- Write a half in decimal form. tree →
- My form teacher takes the register every morning. tree →
- «Went» is the past form of «go». tree →
- The children formed a circle for the game. tree →
- A terrible answer suddenly presented itself—“Good form?” tree →
note
Countable: forms. «Fill in a form» (UK) or «fill out a form» (USA). Never fill in an online form with your address or phone number without asking a parent. In maths «simplest form» of a fraction means it cannot be divided down further (2/4 in simplest form is 1/2).
In the corpora
- Okean Elzy is a Ukrainian rock band formed in 1994 and popular for decades.
- Whales breathe through a blowhole on top of the head, and the spout is warm wet breath forming a cloud of mist.
- Desert locusts are grasshoppers that, when crowded, change colour and behaviour and form swarms of billions that eat crops.
- Musk oxen form a ring facing outwards, with calves in the middle, so wolves meet only a wall of horns.
- Donkeys form strong friendships and can become very upset if their friend is taken away.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «form» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.