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formation [n]

1)	an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"

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arrangement form flight military_formation backfield secondary line line center flank head rear

2)	a particular spatial arrangement

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arrangement forge form form raster rig split

3)	the fabrication of something in a particular shape

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fabrication forge form form filing forging metalwork granulation grooving

4)	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"

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constitution establishment organisation organization

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beginning organise form devise organise coordinate forge establish constitute unionisation collectivisation communisation federation colonisation

5)	(geology) the geological features of the earth

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geological_formation

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natural_object geology aquifer beach cliff delta diapir folium foreshore ice_mass lakefront massif monocline mouth depression elevation oceanfront pillars_of_hercules chain relict ridge shore incline fountain scree mineral_vein wall groundwater_level

6)	natural process that causes something to form; "the formation of gas in the intestine"; "the formation of crystals"; "the formation of pseudopods"

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action encrustation reticulation

7)	creation by mental activity; "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories"

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creating_by_mental_acts form affixation

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