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formation
Overview of noun formation
The noun formation has 7 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (7) formation -- (an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes")
2. (4) formation -- (a particular spatial arrangement)
3. (4) formation, shaping -- (the fabrication of something in a particular shape)
4. (4) constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation -- (the act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club")
5. (3) geological formation, formation -- ((geology) the geological features of the earth)
6. (1) formation -- (natural process that causes something to form; "the formation of gas in the intestine"; "the formation of crystals"; "the formation of pseudopods")
7. formation -- (creation by mental activity; "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun formation
7 senses of formation
Sense 1
formation
=> arrangement
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
formation
=> placement, arrangement
=> position, spatial relation
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
formation, shaping
=> fabrication, manufacture
=> creating from raw materials
=> creation, creative activity
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation
=> beginning, start, commencement
=> change of state
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
geological formation, formation
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 6
formation
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 7
formation
=> creating by mental acts
=> creation, creative activity
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun formation
7 senses of formation
Sense 1
formation
=> flight
=> military formation
=> backfield
=> secondary
=> line
=> line
=> center
=> flank, wing
=> head
=> rear
Sense 2
formation
=> raster
=> rig, rigging
=> split
Sense 3
formation, shaping
=> filing
=> forging
=> metalworking, metalwork
=> granulation
=> grooving, rifling
=> turning
Sense 4
constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation
=> unionization, unionisation
=> collectivization, collectivisation
=> communization, communisation
=> federation
=> colonization, colonisation, settlement
Sense 5
geological formation, formation
=> aquifer
=> beach
=> cave
=> cliff, drop, drop-off
=> delta
=> diapir
=> folium
=> foreshore
=> ice mass
=> lakefront
=> massif
=> monocline
=> mouth
=> natural depression, depression
=> natural elevation, elevation
=> oceanfront
HAS INSTANCE=> Pillars of Hercules
=> range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains
=> relict
=> ridge, ridgeline
=> ridge
=> shore
=> slope, incline, side
=> spring, fountain, outflow, outpouring, natural spring
=> talus, scree
=> vein, mineral vein
=> volcanic crater, crater
=> wall
=> water table, water level, groundwater level
Sense 6
formation
=> incrustation, encrustation
=> reticulation
Sense 7
formation
=> affixation
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun formation
7 senses of formation
Sense 1
formation
=> arrangement
Sense 2
formation
=> placement, arrangement
Sense 3
formation, shaping
=> fabrication, manufacture
Sense 4
constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation
=> beginning, start, commencement
Sense 5
geological formation, formation
=> object, physical object
Sense 6
formation
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
Sense 7
formation
=> creating by mental acts
Antonyms of noun formation
Member Holonyms of noun formation
Substance Holonyms of noun formation
Part Holonyms of noun formation
Member Meronyms of noun formation
Substance Meronyms of noun formation
Part Meronyms of noun formation
Meronyms of noun formation
Holonyms of noun formation
Attributes of noun formation
Derived Forms of noun formation
5 of 7 senses of formation
Sense 1
formation
RELATED TO>(verb) form#2
=> form, organize, organise
Sense 2
formation
RELATED TO>(verb) form#5
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
RELATED TO>(verb) form#4
=> shape, form
Sense 3
formation, shaping
RELATED TO>(verb) form#5
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
RELATED TO>(verb) form#4
=> shape, form
Sense 4
constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation
RELATED TO>(verb) form#2
=> form, organize, organise
RELATED TO>(verb) form#5
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
Sense 7
formation
RELATED TO>(verb) form#3
=> form, take form, take shape, spring
Domain of noun formation
1 of 7 senses of formation
Sense 5
geological formation, formation
TOPIC>(noun) geology#1
Domain Terms of noun formation
Familiarity of noun formation
formation used as a noun is common (polysemy count =7)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun formation
7 senses of formation
Sense 1
formation
> arrangement
=> flower arrangement
=> lash-up, contrivance
=> scaffold
=> array
=> classification, categorization, categorisation
=> estivation, aestivation
=> tableau, tableau vivant
=> venation
=> vernation
=> formation
=> ordering, order, ordination
Sense 2
formation
> placement, arrangement
=> formation
=> columniation
=> composition, composing
=> fenestration
=> proportion, proportionality, balance
=> alignment
=> misalignment
=> ramification
=> spacing, spatial arrangement
=> tandem
Sense 3
formation, shaping
> fabrication, manufacture
=> formation, shaping
=> newspeak
=> prefabrication
Sense 4
constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation
> beginning, start, commencement
=> springboard, jumping-off point, point of departure
=> activation
=> attack, tone-beginning
=> constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation
HAS INSTANCE=> Creation
=> introduction, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry
=> face-off
=> first step, initiative, opening move, opening
=> groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony
=> housing start
=> icebreaker
=> inauguration, startup
=> initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration
=> installation, installing, installment, instalment
=> jump ball
=> kickoff
=> resumption, recommencement
=> scrum, scrummage
=> startup
Sense 5
geological formation, formation
> object, physical object
=> whole, unit
=> living thing, animate thing
=> location
=> charm, good luck charm
=> curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity
=> draw, lot
=> film
=> hoodoo
=> je ne sais quoi
=> keepsake, souvenir, token, relic
=> makeweight, filler
=> part, portion
=> property, prop
=> snake
=> stuff
=> triviality, trivia, trifle, small beer
=> paring
=> catch
=> commemorative
=> discard
=> finding
=> floater
=> fomite, vehicle
=> geological formation, formation
=> growth
=> head
=> ice
=> land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
=> land, ground, soil
=> moon
=> neighbor, neighbour
=> remains
=> ribbon, thread
=> shiner
=> vagabond
=> wall
=> web
Sense 6
formation
> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> radiation
=> absorption
=> acidification
=> adiabatic process
=> aeration
=> antiredeposition
=> capture
=> capture
=> centrifugation
=> chemical process, chemical change, chemical action
=> chromatography
=> concretion
=> condensation
=> convection
=> curdling, clotting, coagulation
=> decay
=> demagnetization, demagnetisation
=> desorption
=> diffusion
=> dissolution, disintegration
=> distillation, distillment
=> drift
=> effervescence
=> electrophoresis, cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, ionophoresis
=> establishment, ecesis
=> extinction
=> extraction
=> feedback
=> filtration
=> flocculation
=> flow
=> formation
=> fossilization, fossilisation
=> geological process, geologic process
=> hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing
=> inactivation
=> ion exchange
=> ionization, ionisation
=> leach, leaching
=> magnetization, magnetisation, magnetic induction
=> materialization, materialisation
=> nuclear reaction
=> opacification
=> oscillation
=> oxygenation
=> pair production, pair creation, pair formation
=> phase change, phase transition, state change, physical change
=> precession of the equinoxes
=> release
=> saltation
=> scattering
=> sericulture
=> sink
=> soak, soakage, soaking
=> softening
=> sorption
=> source
=> stiffening, rigidifying, rigidification
=> stimulation
=> succession, ecological succession
=> survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection
=> synergy, synergism
=> temperature change
=> transduction
=> transpiration
=> vitrification
Sense 7
formation
> creating by mental acts
=> formation
=> design, designing
=> programming, programing, computer programming, computer programing
=> verbal creation
=> realization, realisation, actualization, actualisation
=> composing, composition
=> invention
=> conceptualization, conceptualisation, formulation
Meronyms of noun formation
7 senses of formation
Holonyms of noun formation
Grep of noun formation
affine transformation
back-formation
calque formation
confidential information
conformation
counter reformation
counterreformation
deformation
disinformation
formation
geological formation
heat of formation
heat of transformation
information
inside information
insider information
intelligence information
malformation
military formation
misinformation
pair formation
preformation
protestant reformation
re-formation
reaction formation
reformation
reticular formation
selective information
self-reformation
theory of preformation
transformation
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