Activity and Formation

Activity

Activity noun - Energetic movement of the body for the sake of physical fitness.

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Formation and activity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Formation" instead a noun "Activity".

Nearby Words: action, active, activate, actively, activist

Formation noun - Natural process that causes something to form.

Usage example: the formation of crystals

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Activity and formation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Activity" instead a noun "Formation".

Nearby Words: form, formed, forming, format, formative

similar	similar activity	similar formation
common	common activity	common formation
specific	specific activity	specific formation
certain	certain activity	certain formation
Other adjectives: actual, illegal, new, military, odd, strange, last, geological.

Military personnel, while on duty but not actively engaged in some activity (for instance, in formation but not being inspected, waiting for inspection formation, or waiting to be told to form up for inspection).

Source: Reverse Arm-Fold
The film Matewan, about labor unrest and the formation of a miner's union in 1920s West Virginia, had the Baldwin-Felts Detective Organization engaged in this activity, through their mole in the union persuading a young miner to plant a bomb to shut down one of the mines.

Source: Agent Provocateur

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