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According to WordNet, the noun "formation" has 7 sense(s).

103385117 a particular spatial arrangement.

108426461 an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes".

100237078 the act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club".

113483488 natural process that causes something to form; "the formation of gas in the intestine"; "the formation of crystals"; "the formation of pseudopods".

100925207 the act of fabricating something in a particular shape.

100927516 creation by mental activity; "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories".

109287968 (geology) the geological features of the earth.


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