formation
US: /fɔɹˈmeɪʃən/
UK: /fɔːmˈeɪʃən/
UK: /fɔːmˈeɪʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
formation /fɔ:'meiʃn/
- danh từ
- sự hình thành, sự tạo thành, sự lập nên
- the formation of character: sự hình thành tính nết
- hệ thống tổ chức (xã hội), cơ cấu
- (quân sự) sự bố trí quân sự, sự dàn quân; đội hình (máy bay)
- (địa lý,ddịa chất) thành hệ
- (ngôn ngữ học) sự cấu tạo (từ)
- sự hình thành, sự tạo thành, sự lập nên
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [U] the action of forming sth; the process of being formed: An agreement on the formation of a new government was reached on June 6. + evidence of recent star formation in the galaxy
2 [C] a thing that has been formed, especially in a particular place or in a particular way: massive rock formations
3 [U, C] a particular arrangement or pattern: aircraft flying in formation + formation flying / dancing + Flying low across the river was a formation of swans-five of them at least.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 development, appearance, materialization, shape, accumulation, generation, creation, crystallization, forming, genesis, production:
The formation of bubbles indicates that the acid is working.
2 establishment, institution, creation, founding, set-up, organizing, organization, development, composition:
We met to discuss the formation of a new company.
3 array, display, pattern, arrangement, structure, grouping, organization, configuration, disposition:
The vast military formation covered the entire valley.
Collocation dictionary
1 making/developing sth
ADJ.
policy
the top civil servants who are responsible for policy formation
VERB + FORMATION
lead to, result in
This dispute led to the formation of a new breakaway group.
2 arrangement/group/pattern
ADJ.
close, tight | battle
The troops advanced in battle formation.
| family, household, social
changing patterns of marriage and family formation
FORMATION + NOUN
dancing, flying
PREP.
in a … ~
The men were grouped in a close formation.
| in ~
a squadron of planes flying in formation
3 sth that has been formed
ADJ.
cloud, geological, rock | military, political
Concise English dictionary
formationsfɔr'meɪʃn /fɔː'm-
noun
+an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
+a particular spatial arrangement
+the fabrication of something in a particular shape
+the act of forming something
+(geology) the geological features of the earth
+natural process that causes something to form
+creation by mental activity
