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the act of forming or establishing something
e.g. the constitution of a PTA group last year
e.g. it was the establishment of his reputation
e.g. he still remembers the organization of the club
Synonym: constitution establishment organization organisation
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the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
Synonym: shaping
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creation by mental activity
e.g. the formation of sentences
e.g. the formation of memories
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a particular spatial arrangement
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an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
e.g. a defensive formation
e.g. a formation of planes
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(geology) the geological features of the earth
Synonym: geological formation
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natural process that causes something to form
e.g. the formation of gas in the intestine
e.g. the formation of crystals
e.g. the formation of pseudopods