. In metaphysics a form is a general nature or ESSENCE belonging to a species, or else a particular nature or essence belonging to an individual (see HAECCEITY). For Plato’s transcendent Forms (often distinguished by a capital F) see IDEA,...

This term is used in various ways, depending on the terminological context: 1 In traditional grammar ( school grammar), it is the designation for words of the same stem, but different inflection: in this sense run, ran, runs are different word forms of...

n. 1. Any particular linguistic item, most often one which is longer than a single segment: a syllable, a lexical item, an inflected form of a lexical item, and so on. 2. The relationships between linguistic items, considered independently of the way...

An alternative word for a class of pupils in a school. The term is invariably used for the highest class, the sixth form, which caters for those aged 16 and...

Form (Lat. forma Eng. mould), refers to the external three-dimensional outline, appearance or configuration of some thing - in contrast to the matter or content or substance of which it is composed (compare with...