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37 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• formation n. The act of assembling a group or structure.
• formation n. Something possessing structure or form.
• formation n. The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.
• formation n. (Military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc.
• formation n. (Geology) A layer of rock of common origin.
• formation n. (Military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon…
• formation n. (Sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
• formation n. The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
• formation n. (Category theory) A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category…

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Norman
  • formâtion n. (Jersey) training.
  • formâtion n. (Jersey) formation.
• Swedish
  • formation n. Formation.

— English words, defined in German —

• formation S. Bildung.
• formation S. Formation.

— English word, defined in French —

• formation n. Formation.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• formation s. Formación.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• formation s. Formazione.

— In German —

• Formation S. Allgemein: Gruppe von Menschen gemeinsamer Absicht [1a] {{K|Militärwesen}}…
• Formation S. Luftfahrt, Ornithologie: geometrische Anordnung fliegender Objekte.
• Formation S. Botanik: einheitliche Vegetationsdecke.
• Formation S. Gehoben: das Formen/Gestalten von etwas, die Formung/Bildung…
• Formation S. Elektrotechnik: Erstladung von Akkumulatoren.
• Formation S. Technik: Blattbildung bei der Papierherstellung.
• Formation S. Geologie: deutlich unterscheidbare Gesteinseinheit.

— In French —

• formation n.f. Action de former ou résultat de cette action.
• formation n.f. (Sens figuré) Ensemble de personnes qui partagent une même…
• formation n.f. (Par extension) (Administration) Groupe de personnes, sous-ensemble…
• formation n.f. (Musique) Groupe de musiciens qui jouent ensemble.
• formation n.f. (Militaire) Mouvement par lequel une troupe prend une certaine…
• formation n.f. (Par extension) Compagnie ou régiment ainsi formé, ou tout…
• formation n.f. (Cyclisme) Équipe.
• formation n.f. (Géologie) Ensemble des couches ou portions de terrains…
• formation n.f. (Écologie) Forme de végétation.
• formation n.f. (Grammaire) Manière dont un mot se forme d’un autre mot…
• formation n.f. Processus par lequel un enfant apprend graduellement les…
• formation n.f. Ensemble d’apprentissages et d’expériences utiles pour un poste.
• formation n.f. (Arboriculture, Sylviculture) Modification de la forme…

78 English words from 12 English definitions

abreast act aircraft and arrangement assembling being brigade categories category Category␣theory certain characteristics comes comes␣into comes␣into␣being command common deeper designed division during echelon etc facilitate first form formation formations from from␣the␣first functors gains Geology group grouping guiding influencing into its Jersey layer line line␣abreast made made␣of military moving of␣a origin particular person players plays possessing process rock second ships smaller something Sports structure such such␣as the theory to␣the training troops two under understanding units vocation wedge which wing

34 English words from 25 foreign definitions

action Administration Arboriculture certaine couches das der des die dont ensemble Équipe extension Formation formé former Gestalten Groupe les Menschen Modification mot Musique par portions pour Processus Sens sous Sylviculture terrains tout troupe utiles

64 foreign words from 25 foreign definitions

Absicht ainsi Akkumulatoren Allgemein Anordnung apprend apprentissages autre bei Bildung Blattbildung Botanik cette Compagnie Cyclisme de␣la deutlich Écologie einheitliche Elektrotechnik enfant etwas expériences figuré fliegender Formación Formazione Formen Formung Gehoben gemeinsamer Géologie geometrische graduellement Grammaire Gruppe jouent lequel Luftfahrt Manière même Militaire Militärwesen Mouvement musiciens Objekte Ornithologie Papierherstellung Par␣extension partagent personnes poste prend qui régiment résultat Sens␣figuré sous-ensemble Technik un␣autre une unterscheidbare végétation von

9 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

formations formational formation␣lap formationally formation␣laps formation␣rule formation␣rules formation␣water formation␣waters

177 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

I␣formations T␣formations deformations efformations enformations informations reformations re-formations conformations deformational geoformations informational malformations misformations neoformations outformations preformations reformational subformations backformations back-formations back␣formations comformational conformational Information␣Age informationism informationist informationize maleformations mansformations reformationary reformationism rock␣formations word-formations word␣formations coconformations codeformational deformationally disinformations informationally information␣desk informationists informationized informationizes informationless microformations misinformations postformational preformationary preformationism +127 words

115 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

I␣formation T␣formation afformation deformation efformation enformation exformation information reformation Reformation re-formation unformation conformation geoformation malformation misformation neoformation nonformation outformation preformation subformation backformation back-formation back␣formation loan␣formation maleformation mansformation postformation rock␣formation uninformation unreformation word-formation word␣formation bioinformation coconformation disinformation geoinformation low-information malinformation microformation misinformation noninformation nonreformation osteoformation predeformation terraformation transformation Dakota␣Formation malconformation metainformation +65 words

24 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

-ation for FOR for- form FORM -form form- format ion Ion -ion mat Mat MAT mat. Mat. ORM O/RM RMA tio Tio tion -tion

12 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

AMR ita ITA MRO NOI noit OIt OIT Oita Ōita tam TAM

4 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

actinoform formations I␣formation T␣formation

8 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

antiform antiroom Fairmont Fomorian moration natiform Romaniot Taormino

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

normation

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