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Definition of forming : 1. of Form
2. The act or process of giving form or shape to anything; as, in shipbuilding, the exact shaping of partially shaped timbers.

Synonyms:

executing, manufacturing, mothering, fathering, cultivating

establishing, collating, ranking, regulating, unifying, devising, categorizing, grouping, balancing, planning, preparing, screening, arraying, adjusting, normalizing, methodizing, grading, supporting, subordinating, marshalling, schematizing, ordering, orchestrating, casting, structuring, pigeonholing, mediating, sorting, plotting, arranging, composing, systematizing, righting, programming, separating, shaping, settling, setting, placing, scheduling, classing, rating, scheming, harmonizing, designing, stratifying, fixing, maintaining, charting, classifying, sifting, framing, scoring, organizing, unsnarling, typing, controlling, integrating, stabilizing, rationalizing

modeling, imagining, prototyping

constituting, building, making, constructing

formulating, inventing, producing, generating, fabricating

drawing, sketching, circumscribing, figuring, outlining, delineating, tracing, drafting, silhouetting, profiling, representing, contouring

embodying, compiling, embracing, including, making up, combining

developing, sprouting, budding, germinating, emerging, originating, dawning, commencing, introducing, beginning, initializing, hatching, inducting, birthing, undertaking, starting, initiating, stemming, inaugurating, creating, conceiving, springing, embarking

Usage examples:

• He crept yet closer, and- now that his plan was forming in his mind- began to see less red. - "Winds of the World", Talbot Mundy.
• The earth flung out during the work was thrown to right and left, forming irregular embankments from seven to fourteen feet in height. - "Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt", Gaston Camille Charles Maspero.
• Now, as he sat as still as the stone in the walls around him, he was conscious of a vision forming itself before his eyes. - "The Weavers, Complete", Gilbert Parker Last Updated: March 14, 2009.