Formed
verbBrought into existence, shape, or arrangement; created or developed.
How to spell formed
6 letters · 1 syllable
How to pronounce formed
What does formed mean?
- verbBrought into existence, shape, or arrangement; created or developed.
Formed in a sentence
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The committee was formed to review the budget.
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Ice formed on the inside of the windscreen overnight.
Where does formed come from?
Language of origin: Latin
This is the past tense and past participle of the verb 'form', which traces back to the Latin noun forma, meaning 'shape', 'figure', or 'mould'. The Romans used forma for everything from a physical outline to a model or pattern, and Latin verb formare meant 'to shape or fashion'. English took the word in through Old French forme during the 1200s, and the verb soon picked up its English past-tense ending -ed in the regular way. The same forma sits at the heart of a whole family of relatives such as 'reform', 'uniform', and 'conform', all carrying the idea of giving or sharing a shape. Because the ending is simply -ed added to 'form', the only real spelling point is remembering it is a clean, single-syllable past tense and not 'fourmed' or 'formd'.
How the word is built
- form (shape, from Latin forma)
- -ed (past tense/past participle suffix)
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