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Shaping

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WordDefinition
constructiveCarefully considered and meant to be helpful.
formativenounCapable of forming something.
definingServing to define or distinguish.
formationnounThe act of assembling a group or structure. [from 14th c.]

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formationnounThe act of assembling a group or structure. [from 14th c.]
formativenounCapable of forming something.
definingServing to define or distinguish.
constructiveCarefully considered and meant to be helpful.
formverb(heading, physical) To do with shape.
formingnounThe act by which something is formed; formation.
configurationnounThe relative positions of a set of things; the way things are arranged or put together;
compositionnounA work of music, literature or art.
layoutnounA structured arrangement of items within certain limits.
buildverb(transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
makingnounThe act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
structuringnounStructure; organization.
organisingnounThe act or process by which something is organised.
elaborationnounThe act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
fabricationnoun(uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
fashioningnounThe act or process of fashioning something; manufacture.
defineverbTo state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
developmentnoun(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
devisingnounthe act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will
developingnounIn the process of development.

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