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FORMATION Synonyms

There are 16 synonyms of the word formation. (exact relations)
There are 15 hypernyms of the word formation. (close relations)
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constitution
nounn
noun

• law determining the fundamental political principles of a government

• the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states

• the act of forming or establishing something

• a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston

• the way in which someone or something is composed

establishment
nounn
noun

• the act of forming or establishing something

• an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

• the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

• a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence

• any large organization

• (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat

• the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof

organization
nounn
noun

• a group of people who work together

• an organized structure for arranging or classifying

• the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

• the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business

• an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized

• the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically

• the act of forming or establishing something

arrangement
nounn
noun

• the thing arranged or agreed to

• an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging

• an organized structure for arranging or classifying

• the spatial property of the way in which something is placed

• a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments

• the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music

composition
nounn
noun

• the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole

• the way in which someone or something is composed

• a mixture of ingredients

• a musical work that has been created

• musical creation

• the act of creating written works

• art and technique of printing with movable type

• an essay (especially one written as an assignment)

• something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole

configuration
verb, nounv, n
noun

• an arrangement of parts or elements

• any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)

construction
nounn
noun

• the act of constructing something

• a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

• the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

• a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

• drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem

• an interpretation of a text or action

• the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones

creation
nounn
noun

• the human act of creating

• (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence

• an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone

• the event that occurred at the beginning of something

• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

• everything that exists anywhere

development
verb, nounv, n
noun

• act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

• a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation

• the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

• a district that has been developed to serve some purpose

• a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)

• processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

• (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated

format
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)

• the general appearance of a publication

verb

• set (printed matter) into a specific format

• determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)

• divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data

structure
nounn
noun

• a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

• the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts

• the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations

• a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement

• the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships

verb

• give a structure to

battle group
nounn
noun

• an army unit usually consisting of five companies

task force
nounn
noun

• a temporary military unit formed to accomplish a particular objective

• a semipermanent unit created to carry out a continuing task

organisation
nounn
noun

• the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

• a group of people who work together

• an organized structure for arranging or classifying

• an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized

• the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business

• the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically

• the act of forming or establishing something

shaping
verb, nounv, n
noun

• any process serving to define the shape of something

• the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

adjective satellite

• forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning

geological formation
nounn
noun

• (geology) the geological features of the earth

Best Hypernyms For FORMATION

Here is a list of related hypernyms for formation, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (11)
arrangement action activity beginning commencement fabrication manufacture manufacturing object placement start
Phrases (4)
creating by mental actsnatural actionnatural processphysical object

Alternatives for CONSTITUTION

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