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shape

shape
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sheyp]
    • /ʃeɪp/
    • /ʃeɪp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sheyp]
    • /ʃeɪp/

Definitions of shape word

  • abbreviation SHAPE Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe. 1
  • verb with object shape to give definite form, shape, organization, or character to; fashion or form. 1
  • verb with object shape to couch or express in words: to shape a statement. 1
  • verb with object shape to adjust; adapt: He shaped everything to suit his taste. 1
  • verb with object shape to direct (one's course, future, etc.). 1
  • verb with object shape to file the teeth of (a saw) to uniform width after jointing. 1

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Origin of shape

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English gesceapu (plural); replacing dial. shap, Middle English; Old English gesceap (singular); cognate with Old Norse skap state, mood; (v.) Middle English; Old English sceapen (past participle); replacing Middle English sheppe, shippe, Old English sceppan, scyppan; cognate with German schaffen, Old Norse skepja, Gothic -skapjan to make

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Shape

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

shape popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

shape usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for shape

verb shape

  • acclimatize — When you acclimatize or are acclimatized to a new situation, place, or climate, you become used to it.
  • act upon — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
  • adapt — If you adapt to a new situation or adapt yourself to it, you change your ideas or behaviour in order to deal with it successfully.
  • arch — An arch is a structure that is curved at the top and is supported on either side by a pillar, post, or wall.
  • arcing — Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.

noun shape

  • adumbration — to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
  • anatomy — Anatomy is the study of the structure of the bodies of people or animals.
  • apercu — outline
  • apercus — a hasty glance; a glimpse.
  • appearance — When someone makes an appearance at a public event or in a broadcast, they take part in it.

Antonyms for shape

noun shape

  • misshape — to shape badly or wrongly; deform.

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