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formation
- 1) noun, the act of giving or taking form, shape, or existence
- 2) noun, something that is formed
- 3) noun, the manner in which something is formed or arranged
- 4) noun, a formal arrangement of a number of persons or things acting as a unit, such as a troop of soldiers, aircraft in flight, or a football team
- 5) noun, geology a) the fundamental lithostratigraphic unit b) a series of rocks with certain characteristics in common
- 6) noun, ecology a community of plants, such as a tropical rainforest, extending over a very large area
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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evolution, pattern, establishment, found, forme, start, production, generation, organization, manufacture, constitution, development, shape, constitution, moulding, composition, compilation, accumulation, genesis, crystallize, arrangement, group, figure, design, structure, rank, organization, array, disposition, configuration