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Meanings of forming in English

Russian
металлообработка
Portuguese
conformação

Metalworking process of fashioning parts and objects through mechanical deformation; the workpiece is reshaped without adding or removing material.

        металлообработка
        Usage of forming in English
        1
        Eighty-two years after forming, the ANC are elected to lead South Africa.
        The South African
        2
        Two repeated it, forming the word as a question, looking for detail.
        The blood that bonds
        3
        Long queues have been forming outside passport offices in Cuba this week.
        BBC
        4
        But several officials opposed forming an ad hoc panel, the source said.
        Reuters
        5
        For the moment though he is focussed on forming his new government.
        Radio NZ
        6
        It shows a new closeness forming between BBC news and the public.
        The Guardian
        7
        She has almost single-handedly brought Labour to within reach of forming government.
        Reuters
        8
        Police also arrested 15 metered taxi drivers for forming an illegal gathering.
        The South African
        9
        They include robbery and forming an illegal group; Melnychuk denies the charges.
        Reuters
        10
        Elizabeth's father says to her, We are forming a new royal family.
        The White Queen
        11
        Vitamins are naturally forming chemicals which the body needs for healthy functioning.
        The Irish Times
        12
        After the election comes a second contest: forming a multi-party ruling coalition.
        The Guardian
        13
        Oxygen occurs in nature in the free state, forming 23 per cent.
        A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Min...
        14
        The following are the rules for the forming of the possessive case:
        Practical Grammar and Composition
        15
        And I would support the forming of legislation at the federal level.
        The Guardian
        16
        Bacillus cereus is a ubiquitous, spore-forming bacterium associated with food poisoning cases.
        Pubmed
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        Portuguese
        conformação
        Forming through the time
        Forming across language varieties
        United States of America
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Common
        New Zealand
        Common
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