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English to English noun
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an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit |  | Example: a defensive formation
a formation of planes
source: wordnet30
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the act of fabricating something in a particular shape | | source: wordnet30
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the act of forming or establishing something | | Example: the constitution of a PTA group last year
it was the establishment of his reputation
he still remembers the organization of the club
source: wordnet30
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(geology) the geological features of the earth | | source: wordnet30
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a particular spatial arrangement | | source: wordnet30
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natural process that causes something to form | | Example: the formation of gas in the intestine
the formation of crystals
the formation of pseudopods
source: wordnet30
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creation by mental activity | | Example: the formation of sentences
the formation of memories
source: wordnet30
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The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping. | | source: webster1913
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