formation

Nouns

  • (n) an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
    • a defensive formation
    • a formation of planes
  • (n) the act of fabricating something in a particular shape shaping,
  • (n) the act of forming or establishing something
    • the constitution of a PTA group last year
    • it was the establishment of his reputation
    • he still remembers the organization of the club
    establishment, constitution, organisation, organization,
  • (n) (geology) the geological features of the earth geological formation,
  • (n) a particular spatial arrangement
  • (n) natural process that causes something to form
    • the formation of gas in the intestine
    • the formation of crystals
    • the formation of pseudopods
  • (n) creation by mental activity
    • the formation of sentences
    • the formation of memories

Synonyms

shaping establishment constitution organisation organization geological formation

Words of close approximity

formative