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formation

🇬🇧 UK/fɒ:'meiʃәn/🇺🇸 US
NGSL 3kTOEFLGREB2

Definitions

n.

The process of coming into being or being created; an arrangement of people or things in a particular structure.

形成;编队;构造

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
formform, shape, appearance
+
ationact, process, state
=formation

Common Collocations

  • 1.rock formation岩石地层
  • 2.military formation军事编队
  • 3.formation of clouds云的形成

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The formation of the mountain range took millions of years of geological processes.

  • 2.

    Soldiers stood in formation before the commander gave the order to advance.

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