Dictionary Check: formation

"formation" is a valid word!

Scrabble 14 points
Words with Friends 16 points

Definition

noun

an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit

Example: "a defensive formation"
noun

the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

Synonyms:
noun

the act of forming or establishing something

Example: "the constitution of a PTA group last year"
noun

(geology) the geological features of the earth

noun

a particular spatial arrangement

noun

natural process that causes something to form

Example: "the formation of gas in the intestine"

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