Formation

Noun

 * 1) Something possessing structure or form.
 * 2) The act of assembling a group or structure.
 * 3)  A rock or face of a mountain.
 * 4)  A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc.
 * 5)  An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
 * 6) The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.

Related terms

 * form

Synonyms

 * battle group, brigade group, task force, combat team
 * tactical formation, battle formation

Thesaurus
Platonic form, Platonic idea, accumulation, acronym, acrostic, aesthetic form, allocation, allotment, anatomy, appearance, apportionment, archetype, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, array, arraying, art form, assemblage, assembly, avyayibhava, back formation, build, building, buildup, cast, casting, clipped word, close formation, collation, collocation, combination, composition, compound, concord, configuration, conformation, conjugate, constitution, construction, conversion, crafting, craftsmanship, creation, crystallization, cultivation, cut, deployment, design, development, devising, display, disposal, disposition, distribution, dvandva, dvigu, echelon, effectuation, efformation, elaboration, embodiment, endocentric compound, erection, establishment, exocentric compound, extraction, fabric, fabrication, fashion, fashioning, figuration, figure, forging, form, format, formation flying, formature, forming, formulation, foundation, founding, frame, framing, generation, genesis, genre, getup, grouping, growing, handicraft, handiwork, harmony, harvesting, impression, inauguration, inception, incorporation, inner form, installation, institution, junction, layout, lineup, machining, make, makeup, making, manufacture, manufacturing, marshaling, materialization, matrix, milling, mining, mixture, modality, mode, model, modeling, mold, molding, morphogenesis, morphogeny, order, ordering, organic structure, organism, organization, organizing, paronym, pattern, patterning, peace, physique, piecing together, placement, plan, prefabrication, preparation, processing, producing, production, proportion, prototype, putting together, quiet, quietude, raising, realization, refining, regimentation, regularity, routine, sculpture, set, set-up, setting-up, setup, shape, shaping, significant form, smelting, spoonerism, stamp, structure, structuring, style, symmetry, syneresis, syntax, synthesis, system, tatpurusha, tectonics, texture, tissue, tranquillity, turn, type, uniformity, warp and woof, weave, web, word form, workmanship

Etymology
< formation: <  formatio: < formare:; see form as verb.

Translations

 * Dutch: formatie
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Maltese: formazzjoni


 * Russian:, ,
 * Telugu: నిర్మాణం (nirmaaNam)


 * Finnish: muodostaminen
 * Kurdish:
 * Maltese: formazzjoni


 * Russian:, ,
 * Telugu: ఏర్పాటు (ErpaaTu)


 * Dutch: rotsformatie
 * Finnish:


 * Russian:


 * Dutch: formatie


 * Finnish:


 * Dutch: formatie


 * Finnish:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * Russian: ,


 * : രൂപീകരണം (roopeekaraNam)
 * : formaţie

Etymology
Borrowed from formatio:.

Noun

 * 1) formation, forming, development
 * 2) education; training
 * Je suis gynécologue de formation. I'm a trainee gynaecologist.
 * 1) training course
 * 2)  formation