formation
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
a defensive formation
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- form derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
Types & categories
- manufacturing hypernym
- filing hyponym
- forging hyponym
- metalworking hyponym
- granulation hyponym
- grooving hyponym
- turning hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of forming or establishing something
the constitution of a PTA group last year
Types & categories
- commencement hypernym
- unionization hyponym
- collectivization hyponym
- communization hyponym
- federation hyponym
- colonization hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
(geology) the geological features of the earth
Types & categories
- object hypernym
- aquifer hyponym
- beach hyponym
- cave hyponym
- cliff hyponym
- delta hyponym
- diapir hyponym
- folium hyponym
- foreshore hyponym
- ice mass hyponym
- lakefront hyponym
- massif hyponym
- monocline hyponym
- mouth hyponym
- natural depression hyponym
- natural elevation hyponym
- oceanfront hyponym
- mountain range hyponym
- relict hyponym
- ridgeline hyponym
- ridge hyponym
- shore hyponym
- incline hyponym
- outpouring hyponym
- talus hyponym
- mineral vein hyponym
- crater hyponym
- wall hyponym
- water table hyponym
- Pillars of Hercules instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- geology domain topic
Sense 5 noun
a particular spatial arrangement
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
natural process that causes something to form
the formation of gas in the intestine
Types & categories
- natural process hypernym
- incrustation hyponym
- reticulation hyponym
Sense 7 noun
creation by mental activity
the formation of sentences
Types & categories
- creating by mental acts hypernym
- affixation hyponym
Related & opposite
- take form derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | form |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | arrangement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flight |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | military formation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | backfield |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | secondary |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | line |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | line |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | center |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flank |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | head |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rear |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shape |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shape |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | manufacturing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | filing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | forging |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | metalworking |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | granulation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | grooving |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | turning |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | coordinate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | institute |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | machinate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shape |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | launch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | organize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | unionize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | form |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | commencement |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | unionization |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | collectivization |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | communization |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | federation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | colonization |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | geology |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | object |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | aquifer |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | beach |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cave |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cliff |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | delta |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | diapir |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | folium |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | foreshore |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ice mass |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | lakefront |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | massif |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | monocline |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mouth |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | natural depression |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | natural elevation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | oceanfront |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mountain range |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | relict |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ridgeline |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ridge |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | shore |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | incline |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | outpouring |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | talus |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mineral vein |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | crater |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | wall |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | water table |
| 4 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Pillars of Hercules |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | shape |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | shape |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | placement |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | raster |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rigging |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | split |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural process |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | incrustation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | reticulation |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | take form |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | creating by mental acts |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | affixation |