Definition of
Formation
- (noun, act) the act of forming or establishing something
it was the establishment of his reputation
he still remembers the organization of the club - (noun, act) the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
- (noun, act) creation by mental activity
the formation of memories - (noun, artifact) a particular spatial arrangement
- (noun, group) an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
a formation of planes - (noun, object) (geology) the geological features of the earth
- (noun, process) natural process that causes something to form
the formation of crystals
the formation of pseudopods
- (noun, act) the act of forming or establishing something
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Synonyms of Formation
constitution, establishment, geological formation, organisation, organization, shaping
Alternate forms of Formation
Derivations: form
Hyponyms: affixation, aquifer, backfield, beach, cave, center, chain, chain of mountains, cliff, collectivisation, collectivization, colonisation, colonization, communisation, communization, crater, delta, depression, diapir, drop, drop-off, elevation, encrustation, federation, filing, flank, flight, folium, foreshore, forging, fountain, granulation, grooving, groundwater level, head, ice mass, incline, incrustation, lakefront, line, massif, metalwork, metalworking, military formation, mineral vein, monocline, mountain chain, mountain range, mouth, natural depression, natural elevation, natural spring, oceanfront, outflow, outpouring, range, range of mountains, raster, rear, relict, reticulation, ridge, ridgeline, rifling, rig, rigging, scree, secondary, settlement, shore, side, slope, split, spring, talus, turning, unionisation, unionization, vein, volcanic crater, wall, water level, water table, wing
Hypernyms: action, activity, arrangement, beginning, commencement, creating by mental acts, fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing, natural action, natural process, object, physical object, placement, start
Words that sound like Formation
farm team, fermentation, four-minute man, front man
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