FORMATION Synonyms
There are 15 hypernyms of the word formation. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for FORMATION
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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 |