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{
"term": "formation",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the action of forming something; the process of being formed",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the formation of a new government"
},
{
"text": "evidence of recent star formation in the galaxy"
},
{
"text": "This dispute led to the formation of a new breakaway group."
},
{
"text": "the top civil servants who are responsible for policy formation"
}
],
"topics": ["Geography"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["policy"],
"verb + formation": ["lead to", "result in", "prevent"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a thing that has been formed, especially in a particular place or in a particular way",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Massive rock formations rise abruptly some 1 500 feet above the canyon floor."
}
],
"topics": ["Geography"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["cloud", "geological", "rock"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a particular arrangement or pattern",
"sensetop": "in formation",
"examples": [
{
"text": "formation flying"
},
{
"text": "aircraft flying in formation",
"contextForm": "in formation"
},
{
"text": "The team usually plays in a 4-4-2 formation."
},
{
"text": "The troops advanced in battle formation."
},
{
"text": "changing patterns of marriage and family formation"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["close", "tight", "battle"],
"formation + noun": ["flying"],
"preposition": ["in a… formation", "in formation"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/fɔːˈmeɪʃn/",
"audio": "fo/formation/formation__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/fɔːrˈmeɪʃn/",
"audio": "fo/formation/formation__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin formatio(n-), from formare ‘to form’, based on Latin forma ‘a mould or form’."
}