Used in a Sentence

formed

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for formed.

Editorial note

We have formed a business behind convox and current have a small team working on it full time.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

having taken on a definite arrangement

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of formed gathered in one view.

adjective

having taken on a definite arrangement

adjective

having or given a form or shape

adjective

fully developed as by discipline or training

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for formed.

Example sentences

1

We have formed a business behind convox and current have a small team working on it full time.

2

In Finland (and Sweden) the peasants formed one of the four estates and were represented in the parliament.

3

The company is formed, launched, announces the product.

4

ISS made the market hot, and a new cluster formed where there was not one before.

5

If newly formed, smaller and far more efficient companies begin to seriously threaten these oligopolies, they simply throw their weight around via acquisition, regulation or other quasi-legal means to destroy them.

6

But gravitational collapse of interstellar gas is the process that formed the sun.

7

I need these because I lack a well formed community where I live in Santa Clarita CA.

8

The AT&T network crash bug was caused by a well-formed message coming from a crashed system, so that would have been caught by unit testing too.

9

Honestly I haven't fully formed my opinion on this, I was really just curious.

10

Intellectual Ventures was reputedly originally formed to fix this gap.

11

Until a working group is formed to share this technology with the likes of Samsung, Apple, Sony (major hardware device manufacturers), you can pretty much discount it.

12

Those companies are going away because bigger networks can be formed on the global computer by anyone who wants to participate—warehouse owners, truck drivers, bike messengers, etc.

Quote examples

1

Blank and Dorf says it's an "organization formed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model" which doesn't place any limits.

2

So instead, we will end up with a lot of small "tribes", communities formed around shared interests, friendships, etc.

3

If that's "bad-formed Java" what's a better functional form?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use formed in a sentence?

We have formed a business behind convox and current have a small team working on it full time.

What does formed mean?

having taken on a definite arrangement

What part of speech is formed?

formed is commonly used as adjective.