📒 a type or variety of something
- all the millions of different life forms on the planet today
- form of something forms of transport/government/entertainment
- one of the most common forms of cancer
📒 a way of writing or saying a word that shows, for example, if it is plural or in a particular tense
- the infinitive form of the verb
📒 the particular way something is, seems, looks or is presented
- The disease can take several different forms.
- The training programme takes the form of a series of workshops.
- We need to come to some form of agreement.
📒 an official document containing questions and spaces for answers
- an application/entry/order form
- (especially British English) to fill in a form
- (especially North American English) to fill out a form
📒 the shape of somebody/something; a person or thing of which only the shape can be seen
- The human form has changed little over the last 30 000 years.
- Two weeks later the moth will emerge in its adult form.
- They made out a shadowy form in front of them.
📒 the arrangement of parts in a whole, especially in a work of art or piece of writing
- Shape and form are of greater importance to me than colour.
- In a novel, form and content are equally important.
- the structure of the building/human body
📒 how fit and healthy somebody is; the state of being fit and healthy
- in… form After six months' training the whole team is in superb form.
- in form I really need to get back in form.
- out of form The horse was clearly out of form.
📒 how well somebody/something is performing; the fact that somebody/something is performing well
- Midfielder Elliott has shown disappointing form recently.
- She signalled her return to form with a convincing victory.
- on form (British English) When she's on form, nobody in the world is funnier.
📒 the usual way of doing something
- What's the form when you apply for a research grant?
- conventional social forms
- True to form (= as he usually does) he arrived an hour late.
📒 the way of doing things that is socially acceptable/not socially acceptable
- When I was a boy it was always considered bad form to talk about food or money.
- Good form dictated that she should dress more casually in the country.
📒 a class in a school
📒 a student in the form mentioned at school
📒 of any type
- I don't approve of violence in any shape or form.
- I can't stand insects in any shape or form.
- I do not condone bullying in any way, shape or form.
📒 to gradually form into a particular shape; to gradually develop
- In her body a new life was taking form.