Form Formed Forming Exist Group Plan Develop Make

• flowers appeared, but fruits failed to form.
• storm clouds are forming on the horizon.
• these hills were formed by glaciation.
• a plan formed in my head.

form

1. to begin to exist and gradually develop into a particular shape; to make something begin to exist in a particular shape
• Flowers appeared, but fruits failed to form.
• Storm clouds are forming on the horizon.
• These hills were formed by glaciation.
2. to start to exist and develop; to make something start to exist and develop
• A plan formed in my head.
• I formed many close friendships at college.
• I didn't see enough of the play to form an opinion about it.
• She makes her own clothes.
• She made a good impression on the interviewer.
• He did a beautiful drawing of a house.
• Who’s doing the food for the party?
• Scientists disagree about how the universe was created.
• Try this new dish, created by our head chef.
• to develop new software
• a factory that produces microchips
• to generate electricity
• Brainstorming is a good way of generating ideas.
• Rearrange the letters to form a new word.
• The chain is formed from 136 links.
3. to produce something in a particular way or make it have a particular shape
• Bend the wire so that it forms a ‘V’.
• Rearrange the letters to form a new word.
• Games can help children learn to form letters.
• Do you know how to form the past tense?
• Form the dough into balls with your hands.
• The chain is formed from 136 links.
• The table was formed of two large slabs of stone.
4. to move or arrange objects or people so that they are in a group with a particular shape; to become arranged in a group like this
• to form a line/queue/circle
• First get students to form groups of four.
• Queues were already forming outside the theatre.
• The teams formed up into lines.
5. to have a particular function or pattern
• The trees form a natural protection from the sun's rays.
6. to be something
• The castle forms the focal point of the city.
• The survey formed part of a larger programme of research.
• These drawings will form the basis of the exhibition.
7. to start a group of people, such as an organization, a committee, etc.; to come together in a group of this kind
• They hope to form the new government.
• He formed a band with some friends from school.
• a newly-formed political party
• The band formed in 2007.
8. to have an influence on the way that something develops
• synonym mould
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mould_2
• Positive and negative experiences form a child's character.

Extra Examples

• She formed the clay into a ball.
• The leader of the party with the most seats is invited to form a government.
• The plan came in a flash of inspiration, fully formed.
• a newly formed political party
• a perfectly formed body
• His outspoken remarks undoubtedly helped form popular opinion on the issue.
• No other work of fiction has had such an influence in forming public attitudes.
• On September 27 a new coalition administration was formed.
• Positive and negative experiences form a child’s character.
• Some of the insects will leave to form a new colony.
• The anarchists started to form volunteer militias.
• The band formed in 2005.
• The table was formed from two large slabs of stone.
• Willing volunteers formed teams of helpers to carry everything in.
• to form a government/an adminstration/a cabinet/a coalition/a committee/a council/an assembly/a party/a league/an alliance/a trade union/a syndicate

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they form
• he / she / it forms
• past simple formed
• past participle formed
• -ing form forming

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French forme (noun), fo(u)rmer (verb, from Latin formare ‘to form’), both based on Latin forma ‘a mould or form’.