formation
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English formacioun, formation, borrowed from Old French formacion, from Latin fōrmātiō, from fōrmō (“form”, verb); see form as verb. Morphologically form + -ation
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɔːˈmeɪʃən/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /fɔɹˈmeɪʃən/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /foːˈmæɪʃən/
- Hyphenation: for‧ma‧tion
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
[edit]formation (countable and uncountable, plural formations)
- The act of assembling a group or structure. [from 14th c.]
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Something possessing structure or form. [from 17th c.]
- The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics. [from 18th c.]
- (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc. [from 18th c.]
- (geology) A layer of rock of common origin. [from 19th c.]
- 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
- Over a broad region, the color of a formation may change.
- (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
- (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
- 2017 May 13, Barney Ronay, “Antonio Conte’s brilliance has turned Chelsea’s pop-up team into champions”, in the Guardian[1]:
- N'Golo Kanté embodies both sides of this, a player whose early scratchiness was soothed with glorious results in the new 3-4-3 formation, allowed simply to be his best, most wonderfully mobile, diligent, destructive self.
- The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
- (category theory) A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- back-formation
- back formation
- Christmas tree formation
- electroformation
- formational
- formation exposure time
- formation lap
- formation rule
- formation water
- free cell formation
- geoformation
- gust formation time
- I formation
- loan formation
- malformation
- microformation
- misformation
- missing man formation
- neoformation
- nonformation
- osteoformation
- pattern formation
- postformation
- preformation
- progressive longways formation
- re-formation
- reticular formation
- rock formation
- subformation
- T formation
- unformation
- word formation
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]something possessing structure or form
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act of assembling a group or structure
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process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics
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geology: rock or face of a mountain
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military: grouping of units under a command
military: arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft
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process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation
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Translations to be checked
Further reading
[edit]- “formāciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Formation”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IV (F–G), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 464, column 1.
- “formation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “formation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French formacion, borrowed from Latin fōrmātiōnem. Cf. also the archaic formaison.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]formation f (plural formations)
- formation, forming, development
- education; training
- la formation juridique ― judicial training
- Je suis gynécologue de formation. ― I'm a trainee gynecologist.
- (military) formation
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: formatie
Further reading
[edit]- “formation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]formation c
Declension
[edit]Declension of formation
References
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