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   formation

   /fəˈmeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of forming or process of being formed: "the formation of the Great Rift Valley" Similar emergencecoming into beinggenesisdevelopmentevolutionoriginationshapinggenerationestablishmentsetting upstartgetting goinginitiationinstitutionfoundingfoundationinceptioncreationinaugurationorganizationbuildingconstructioninstallationplantingOpposite destructiondisappearancedissolution
   • 2. a thing that has been formed: "strange black rock formations"
   • ▪ a group of people or things in a particular arrangement or pattern: "they sat in orderly ranks in a circular formation" Similar configurationarrangementpatternarrayalignmentpositioningdispositionorderorderingorganizationdesignmarshallinggroupinglayoutformat

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin formatio(n-), from formare ‘to form’ (see form).

   Derivatives

   • 1. formational adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • F

     4

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • M

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   • A

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   • T

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   • I

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   • O

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   • N

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