form words
1form´a|tive|ness — form|a|tive «FR muh tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having to do with formation or development; forming; molding: »Home and school are the chief formative influences in a child s life. 2. Grammar. used to form words. Words are often made from… …
2form´a|tive|ly — form|a|tive «FR muh tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having to do with formation or development; forming; molding: »Home and school are the chief formative influences in a child s life. 2. Grammar. used to form words. Words are often made from… …
3form|a|tive — «FR muh tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having to do with formation or development; forming; molding: »Home and school are the chief formative influences in a child s life. 2. Grammar. used to form words. Words are often made from other words by …
4form — n 1 Form, figure, shape, conformation, configuration are comparable when they denote the disposition or arrangement of content that gives a particular aspect or appearance to a thing as distinguished from the substance of which that thing is made …
5Form — • The original meaning of the term form, both in Greek and Latin, was and is that in common use • eidos, being translated, that which is seen, shape, etc., with secondary meanings derived from this, as form, sort, particular, kind, nature… …
6Words and Rules — Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language (ISBN 0 06 095840 5) is a 1999 popular linguistics book by Steven Pinker on the subject of regular and irregular verbs. In Pinker s words, the book tries to illuminate the nature of language and mind… …
7form — [fôrm] n. [ME forme < OFr < L forma, a shape, figure, image < ? (via Etr) Gr morphē] 1. the shape, outline, or configuration of anything; structure as apart from color, material, etc. 2. a) the body or figure of a person or animal b) a… …
8form class — ☆ form class n. Linguis. a class made up of words that occur in a distinctive position in constructions and have certain formal features in common, as the form class noun in English, made up of all words to which both the plural and possessive… …
9form of address — ˌform of adˈdress noun forms of address PLURALFORM [countable] a word or expression used as the correct polite way of speaking or writing to someone. For example, Sir , Dear Madam , and Messrs are forms of address: • He was careful always to use… …
10words of procreation — Language in a will or deed, used to transfer property to a person and that person s descendants only. Typically, the words take the form to A, and the heirs of his body, where A is the person inheriting the property. Category: Wills, Trusts &… …
