0 present participle of form
1 to begin to exist or to make something begin to exist:
I formed the impression (= the way she behaved suggested to me) that she didn't really want to come.
Together they would form the next government.
This information formed the basis of the report.
Research forms the predominant part of my job.
By forming a coalition, the rebels and the opposition parties defeated the government.
A long queue had formed, snaking its way downstairs and out into the street.
Since this form of dissipation is special mathematically (forming a group), we argue it must be special physically too.
Eventually the number of bacterial progeny becomes huge, and they swarm on the medium, forming a visible colony.
The particles used in each experiment were placed on the wind tunnel surface, forming a layer roughly 2 cm thick.
