/ʃeɪp/
Translation
The outside form of something, such as round, square, or long.
Word origin
From Old English gesceap, meaning form or creation, from the verb to shape.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- gesceap
Grammar
Examples
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"Shape" is the outside form of something.
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Here "shape" means a form made from lines.
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"Shapes" is the plural, meaning more than one shape.
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Grammar articles
(13)Adjective order in English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Cleft sentences in English: it was X who, what I need is, and how to move the emphasis
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have and might have
Past perfect tense: had plus past participle, and when English actually needs it
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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