Course and Formation

Course

Course noun - A way of acting or proceeding.

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

Nearby Words: coursed, coursing, courser, courseware

Formation noun - The way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized.

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

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

good	good course	good formation
special	special course	special formation
best	best course	best formation
similar	similar course	similar formation
Other adjectives: natural, certain, standard, original, proper, single, actual, entire, new, military, alternate, basic, last, different, giant.

Over the course of several paragraphs of narration, it dawns on her exactly which formation she is looking at...and what they're armed with.

Source: Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!
Of course, the fact that she's an indestructible entity who has been around since the geological formation of Earth helps quite a bit.

Source: Waif-Fu
The Teladi spearheaded its formation in the course of their efforts to enrich themselves off of trade, which the rivalry between the Argon/Boron and Paranid/Split alliances made difficult.

Source: Fictional United Nations

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