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form / fↄ:m / n [C]

၁။ သွင်ပြင်။ ပုံ။ သဏ္ဌာန်။ her slender form ❍ The human form has changed little over the last 30000 years. ❍ Through the fog we could see the form of a large plane on the runway.
၂။ [C] ပုံစံ။ အသွင်။ အသွင်သဏ္ဌာန်။ different forms of government ❍ different literary forms ❍ works for the piano in sonata form ❍ The form of a poem is less important than its content.
၃။ [C] အမျိုးအစား။ ပုံစံ။ နည်း။ ဟန်။ different forms of transport/ housing ❍ What's the correct form of address when you talk to a bishop?
၄။ [C] ပုံစံ၊ အသွင်။ water in the form of ice
❍ a generous gift in the form of £ 10000
❍ Help arrived in the form of two policemen.
❍ The book is written in the form of two policemen. ❍ The book is written in the form of letters. ❍ This disease can take several different forms. ❍ What form did the student protests take? ❍ ‘Is’ ‘are’ and ‘were’ are all forms of the verb ‘to be’ ❍ I'm opposed to censorship in any way, shape or form.
၅။ [sing U] ပုံစံ။ နည်း။ ဟန်။ What's the form when you apply for a research grant? ❍ If you have any questions about banking procedures, ask Jim. He knows the form. ❍ Wives or husbands of employees are invited to the Christmas party as a matter of form. ❍ True to form (ie As he usually does), he arrived an hour late.
၆။ [U] လုပ်နည်း လုပ်ဟန်။ နည်းဟန်။ It's considered good form to write to or phone your hostess after a dinner party. ❍ Wearing bright colours to a funeral in Britain is bad form.
၇။ [U] (က) အခြေအနေ။ ပုံ။ After six month's training the whole team is in superb form. ❍ What sort of form are you in? ❍ She's in/ on great form; I haven't seen her looking so happy and well for years. (ခ) (လက်၊ ခြေ၊ ပုံစံစသည်) မှန်ခြင်း၊ ကောင်းခြင်း။ These exercises will keep you in form. ❍ That horse looks rather out of form to me. ❍ When he's on form, nobody plays Schubert better.
၈။ [U] စံချိန်။ လက္ခဏာ။ ပုံစံ။ Do you know anything about this horse's form? ❍ On present/ current form, they're unlikely to win.
၉။ [U] (sl ) ပြစ်မှုမှတ်တမ်း။ He's got quite a bit of form.
၁၀။ [C] ပုံစံ။ a job application form ❍ an insurance claim form ❍ fill in/ complete and sign the necessary forms.
၁၁။ [C] (ကျောင်း) အတန်း။ …တန်း။ He's in the sixth form; next year he's going to university. ❍ Who's your form teacher?
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၁။ (က) ပုံသွင်းသည်။ ပုံဖော်သည်။ Using your hands, form the dough into balls. ❍ They form the clay into figures of animals. (ခ) ဖွဲ့သည်။ form the present perfect tense ❍ She can't form her words correctly, so we think she may be a bit deaf. သူသည် စကားပီသအောင် မရွတ်ဆိုနိုင် သည့်အတွက် နားပင်းနေသည်ဟု ယူဆရသည်။
၂။ ဖြစ်ပေါ်သည်။ ပုံစံဖော်သည်။ The stones form a huge circle. ❍ The mountains form a natural barrier between the two countries.
❍ The running water had frozen and formed fantastic shapes.
၃။ (တန်း)စီသည်။ (စက်ဝိုင်း) ဝိုင်းသည်။ form a line/ queue ❍ They formed a circle and started to dance.
၄။ (က) ဖြစ်ပေါ်သည်။ တစ်စတစ်စ တိုးတက်သည်။ ရင့်သန်သည်။ Ice forms at 0¹ Celsius. ❍ A queue for tickets started forming early in the morning. နံနက်စောစောကပင် လက်မှတ်ဝယ်ရန် တန်းစီကြ သည်။ Stormclouds had begun to form on the horizon. ❍ Their friendship formed gradually over the years. (ခ) ရင့်သန်သည်။ ဖွဲ့သည်။ ပုံသွင်း သည်။ form a habit ❍ form a relationship with sb. တစ်ဦးတစ်ယောက်နှင့် အပေါင်း အသင်းလုပ်သည်။ character-forming experiences ❍ They believed that physical hardship in childhood helped forms a strong character.
၅။ ဖွဲ့စည်းသည်။ ဖွဲ့သည်။ form a government/ committee ❍ form an organization to protect the environment.
❍ We're thinking of forming a new company.
၆။ ဖြစ်သည်။ ပါဝင်သည်။ These three early paintings form the centrepiece of the exhibition. ❍ Consultation with the public forms part of the planning process. You and I form the only opposition to these crazy new plans.
❏ -former (forming compound ns ) n (အတန်းကျောင်း) အတန်းသား၊ သူ။ …တန်းသား။ …တန်းတက်နေသူ။ a sixth former.
❏ formless adj မသဲကွဲသော။ formless shadows/ ideas/ dreams.