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Adonis1013 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

The meaning of "give form"

Dear all,

I did my exercise and the answer is formulate = give form. Then I consulted my dictionary but I didn't find out the definition of "give form". Could you tell me what it is?

Thank you very much
  

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Dictionaries usually define one word at a time. Why are you trying to find the definition of "give form", which is two words, instead of trying to find the definition of "formulate"? Moreover, I don't see "give form" as the equivalent of "formulate" except in the most abstract and, frankly, useless way.

— CalifJim

  • Dictionaries usually define one word at a time.
  • Why are you trying to find the definition of "give form", which is two words, instead of trying to find the definition of "formulate"?
  • Moreover, I don't see "give form" as the equivalent of "formulate" except in the most abstract and, frankly, useless way.
  • I guess I don't understand the purpose of the exercise in the first place.
  • If the purpose is to break Latinate words into their roots and affixes and work out their meanings from your knowledge of these elements, I think you're in for a big disappointment because the meanings of so many of these words have shifted so much over the centuries.
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Dictionaries usually define one word at a time. Why are you trying to find the definition of "give form", which is two words, instead of trying to find the definition of "formulate"? Moreover, I don't see "give form" as the equivalent of "formulate" except in the most abstract and, frankly, useless way.

I guess I don't understand the purpose of the exercise in the first place. If the p
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