forms
Documents requiring completion
Forms are the shapes, structures, or configurations things take.
A form can be physical the human form or abstract a form of government.
Form also means a document with blank spaces to fill in: tax forms, application forms.
In education, form is British for grade level.
To form something is to create or shape it: form an opinion, form a committee.
Ice forms when water freezes.
Athletes and musicians work on their form—their technique or manner of execution.
Formal request document
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- submissionYielding to another's will
- filingStoring documents systematically
- paperworkAdministrative written tasks
questionnaire · survey · waiver · declaration · sign · fill out · checkbox · fields
Curved closed shape
- squareRhombus with right angles
- triangleThree-sided plane figure
- rectangleFour-sided, all right angles
- hexagonSix-sided closed figure
pentagon · ellipse · octagon · rhombus · trapezoid · parallelogram · sphere · cube
Distinct forms or renditions
- iterationsSuccessive passes through process
- editionsVersions of publications
- variationsModified versions of something
- typesVarieties or key-enters
kinds · categories · manifestations · expressions · permutations · alternatives · options · configurations
Bureaucratic obstacles to action
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
- officialdomCollective administrative authorities
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
compliance · protocol · civil service · departments · agencies · policies · governance · authority
Shaped three-dimensional art
- figureOutline or numeral
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
- castingShaping through liquid form
mold · relief · body · torso · nude · pose · gesture · drapery
Underlying support system
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- architectureBuilding design discipline
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- constructionProcess of building something
foundation · support · skeleton · chassis · armature · lattice · grid · matrix
Winged flying vehicle
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- vertexPoint where edges converge
- polygonMultisided plane figure
- polyhedronMulti-faced geometric solid
tetrahedron · octahedron · dodecahedron · icosahedron · prism · solid · surface · dimension
Data entry rectangle
- dropdownExpandable selection menu
- checkboxToggleable selection indicator
- radio buttonSingle-choice input element
- submit buttonInterface element confirming input
validation · placeholder · label · widget · dialog · modal · wizard · autocomplete
application
Formal request document
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- submissionYielding to another's will
- filingStoring documents systematically
paperwork · questionnaire · survey · waiver · declaration · sign · fill out · checkbox · fields
circle
Curved closed shape
- squareRhombus with right angles
- triangleThree-sided plane figure
- rectangleFour-sided, all right angles
hexagon · pentagon · ellipse · octagon · rhombus · trapezoid · parallelogram · sphere · cube · cylinder
versions
Distinct forms or renditions
- iterationsSuccessive passes through process
- editionsVersions of publications
- variationsModified versions of something
types · kinds · categories · manifestations · expressions · permutations · alternatives · options · configurations · models
red tape
Bureaucratic obstacles to action
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
- officialdomCollective administrative authorities
administration · compliance · protocol · civil service · departments · agencies · policies · governance · authority · jurisdiction
sculpture
Shaped three-dimensional art
casting · mold · relief · body · torso · nude · pose · gesture · drapery · anatomy
framework
Underlying support system
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- architectureBuilding design discipline
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
construction · foundation · support · skeleton · chassis · armature · lattice · grid · matrix · configuration
plane
Winged flying vehicle
polyhedron · tetrahedron · octahedron · dodecahedron · icosahedron · prism · solid · surface · dimension · symmetry
text box
Data entry rectangle
- dropdownExpandable selection menu
- checkboxToggleable selection indicator
- radio buttonSingle-choice input element
submit button · validation · placeholder · label · widget · dialog · modal · wizard · autocomplete · date picker
genre
Category of creative work
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
- haikuJapanese seventeen-syllable verse
- villanelleRepeating-refrain verse structure
ballad · ode · elegy · limerick · prose · verse · stanza · meter · structure · narrative
- createscreates, invents, devises, designs, produces
- bureaucracybureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, red tape, civil service
- postalmail, mail delivery, stamp, stamps, mail service
- bankbank, banks, teller, tellers, vault
- bureaucratic toolsstamps, rubber stamp, clipboard, filing cabinet, binder
- DMV/City Hallclerk, staff, caseworker, director, receptionist
formsdestroys
Causes complete ruin
demolishes · dismantles · dissolves · annihilates · obliterates
formsshapelessness
Lack of distinct form
chaos · formlessness · freeform · randomness · amorphousness
formsdisperses
Spreads widely apart
scatters · dissipates · diffuses · fragments · breaks apart
- form letterPrewritten mail for many
- art formCreative expression category
- life formsLiving biological entities
- take formDevelop into something recognizable
- tax formsGovernment income declarations
- short formsContracted linguistic expressions
form, inform, uniform, reform, perform, formed, former, formation, transform