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“Form” or “Forme”

form / forme are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

form f·AO·r·m

  • nounthe phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something.
  • nouna perceptual structure.
  • nounthe visual appearance of something or someone.
  • nouna printed document with spaces in which to write.
  • noun(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups.
  • nounan arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse.
  • nouna particular mode in which something is manifested.
  • nounan ability to perform well.
  • nouna mold for setting concrete.
  • verbcreate (as an entity).
  • verbto compose or represent:.
  • verbdevelop into a distinctive entity.
  • verbassume a form or shape.

forme

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

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“form”

  • The crown cork, the first form of a bottle cap, possessed…
  • …and asked Otto Liebe to form the Cabinet of Liebe to…
  • …the two disjointed highways to form a three-quarter beltway around the…
  • Three ancient and semi-natural woods form the SSSI, namely Frithy Wood…
  • …organisation allowed chief officers to form a national policy rather than…
  • …have been flooded and now form a new part of the
  • …"murdered" mendicant in her reincarnated form.
  • …for that matter) in some form.
  • …is not in its raw form.
  • …work, and constituted an early form of copyright law.

“forme”

  • …would be set into a forme so that the text read…
  • The assembled forme is ready to be moulded…
  • …di voci romene confrontate con forme usate nel dialetto dei pescatori…
  • …Opera aperta, Apocalittici e integrati, Forme del contenuto (1971), Il Superuomo…
  • …delle grandezze a teoria delle forme.
  • There is a forme (text lines produced on a…
  • …France after EDF and Engie (forme GDF-Suez) and the first independent…
  • …greci dai quali sembrano derivare forme proprie del dialetto veneti, che…
  • …Românesti si studiui, a doua forme mai aparte; Bodotria arenosa mediterranea…

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