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IPA(Pronunciation)

/fɔɹ.ˈmeɪ.ʃən/

Noun

countable uncountable

Japanese Meaning

集団や構造を形成する行為、つまり組織やグループを作り上げること / 構造や形を持つ状態、またはその特徴

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The formation of the volunteer committee took several weeks of meetings and interviews.

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ボランティア委員会の結成には数週間の会議と面接がかかった。

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Sense（1）

The act of assembling a group or structure. [from 14th c.]

Some cloud formation was confirmed and rainfall was observed over some islands.

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Sense（2）

Something possessing structure or form. [from 17th c.]

Sense（3）

The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics. [from 18th c.]

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Sense（5）

(geology) A layer of rock of common origin. [from 19th c.]

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Sense（7）

(sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.

N'Golo Kanté embodies both sides of this, a player whose early scratchiness was soothed with glorious results in the new 3-4-3 formation, allowed simply to be his best, most wonderfully mobile, diligent, destructive self.

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Sense（8）

The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.

Sense（9）

(category theory) A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.

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