FORMATION

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : constitution , establishment , organisation , organization

• (noun) the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

  synonyms : shaping

• (noun) creation by mental activity

  "the formation of sentences", "the formation of memories"

• (noun) a particular spatial arrangement

• (noun) an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit

  "a defensive formation", "a formation of planes"

• (noun) (geology) the geological features of the earth

  synonyms : geological formation

• (noun) natural process that causes something to form

  "the formation of gas in the intestine", "the formation of crystals", "the formation of pseudopods"

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