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1. formation
noun. ['fɔrˈmeɪʃən'] an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit.
Etymology
- formation (French)
- formatio (Latin)
Rhymes with Formation
- deinstitutionalization
- institutionalization
- self-congratulation
- antidiscrimination
- telecommunication
- nondiscrimination
- misrepresentation
- mischaracterization
- internationalization
- industrialization
- decriminalization
- transillumination
- self-determination
- renationalization
- recapitalization
- prestidigitation
- misinterpretation
- misidentification
- miscommunication
- experimentation
- excommunication
- disqualification
- discontinuation
- denationalization
- decentralization
- transplantation
- singularization
- self-perpetuation
- securitization
- reinterpretation
How do you pronounce formation?
Pronounce formation as fɔrˈmeɪʃən.
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Sentences with formation
1. Noun, singular or mass
Fractional basis partnerships essentially state from the formation of the partnerships what percentage of earnings each partner will receive.
Quotes about formation
1. That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been. Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.
- Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
2. Theological formation is the gradual and often painful discovery of God's incomprehensibility. You can be competent in many things, but you cannot be competent in God.
- Henri J.M. Nouwen
3. Choice forms the divider which is responsible for the formation of all futures that can be possible.
- Stephen Richards, Think Your way to Success: Let Your Dreams Run Free
2. re-formation
noun. forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting.
Synonyms
Etymology
- formation (English)
- formation (French)
- re- (English)
3. back-formation
noun. a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it.
Antonyms
4. formation
noun. ['fɔrˈmeɪʃən'] the act of fabricating something in a particular shape.
Synonyms
Etymology
- formation (French)
- formatio (Latin)
5. formation
noun. ['fɔrˈmeɪʃən'] the act of forming or establishing something.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- formation (French)
- formatio (Latin)
6. formation
noun. ['fɔrˈmeɪʃən'] a particular spatial arrangement.
Synonyms
Etymology
- formation (French)
- formatio (Latin)
7. formation
noun. ['fɔrˈmeɪʃən'] (geology) the geological features of the earth.
Synonyms
- slope
- volcanic crater
- wall
- mountain chain
- beach
- side
- fountain
- elevation
- cliff
- ridgeline
- object
- ridge
- water table
- natural elevation
- natural spring
- crater
- diapir
- geological formation
- natural depression
- shore
- foreshore
- incline
- outpouring
- relict
- range
- delta
- cave
- scree
- massif
- groundwater level
- physical object
- aquifer
- mountain range
- lakefront
- outflow
- monocline
- water level
- folium
- chain
- drop-off
- mouth
- mineral vein
- depression
- vein
- range of mountains
- oceanfront
- chain of mountains
- ice mass
- spring
- drop
Antonyms
Etymology
- formation (French)
- formatio (Latin)