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Forlornly
- adverb - in a forlorn manner; "a single chicken was scratching forlornly in the yard"
Form-Only
- adjective - being a matter of form only; lacking substance; "a form-only requirement that is usually ignored"
Formalins
- noun - a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens
Formalise
- verb - declare or make legally valid
- make formal or official; "We formalized the appointment and gave him a title"
Formalism
- noun - (philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications
- the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented
- the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms
Formalist
- - One overattentive to forms, or too much confined to them; esp., one who rests in external religious forms, or observes strictly the outward forms of worship, without possessing the life and spirit of religion.
Formality
- noun - a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies; "the formality of his voice made the others pay him close attention"
- a requirement of etiquette or custom; "a mere formality"
- compliance with formal rules; "courtroom formality"
Formalize
- verb - declare or make legally valid
- make formal or official; "We formalized the appointment and gave him a title"
Formation
- noun - (geology) the geological features of the earth
- a particular spatial arrangement
- an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"
- creation by mental activity; "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories"
- natural process that causes something to form; "the formation of gas in the intestine"; "the formation of crystals"; "the formation of pseudopods"
- the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
- the act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"
Formative
- adjective - capable of forming new cells and tissues; "a formative zone in developing bone"
- forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience"
- minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function