formation meaning

• Noun: formation  for'meyshun
  1. An arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
     "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes" 
  2. The act of fabricating something in a particular shape
     - shaping 
  3. The act of forming or establishing something
     - constitution, establishment, organization, organisation [Brit] 
  4. (geology) the geological features of the earth
     - geological formation 
  5. A particular spatial arrangement 
  6. Natural process that causes something to form
     "the formation of gas in the intestine"; "the formation of crystals"; "the formation of pseudopods" 
  7. Creation by mental activity
     "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories"

  Derived forms: formations

  See also: form

  Type of: action, activity, arrangement, beginning, commencement, creating by mental acts, fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing, natural action, natural process, object, physical object, placement, start

  Encyclopedia: Formation

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  [Business]
  AmE / noun [U,C]

  CAPITAL FORMATION

  the action of establishing or developing sth; sth that is established or developed:

  She has been in charge of the firm since its formation in 1998.

  the formation of corporate strategy

  The country has a high rate of new business formation(s).

  The formation of a contract requires a valid offer and acceptance.

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  [Defence]
  (*) 1. An ordered arrangement of troops and/or vehicles for a specific purpose.
  2. An ordered arrangement of two or more ships, units, or aircraft proceeding together under a commander.
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  [Medicine]
  n
  1 : an act of giving form or shape to something or of taking form : DEVELOPMENT
  2 : the manner in which a thing is formed : STRUCTURE ‹the peculiar formation of the heart›
  

• Flower-bud formation may be affected adversely.
• The soldiers advanced in close formation.
• The soldiers stood in defensive formation.
• The formation of nitroform is presented as follows.
• The troops lined up in parade formation.
• Hairiness proceeds the formation of pills.
• formation of an alkyl ion occurs according to reactions.
• The rock formations break with cracks into new positions.
• Is capital formation the key to economic development?
• Education has for its object the formation of character.

• "formation" meaning in Chinese: n. 1.构成，形成；设立；编制。2.组织，构造；形态；形成物，构造物；【军事】编队，队形；兵团。3.【地质学；地...
• "formation" meaning in Japanese: formation n. 構造; 形成; 隊形; 編隊; 層. 【動詞＋】 ◆We broke formation....
• "formation" meaning in Russian: 1) образование, формирование; учреждение Ex: the formation...
• "formation" meaning in French: n. formation, devenir; constellation, structure; configu...