Form and Setting

Form

Form noun - The outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance.

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Setting and form are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Setting" instead a noun "Form".

Nearby Words: formal, formation, formed, formality, formless

Setting noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

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Form and setting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Form" instead a noun "Setting".

Nearby Words: set, settling, setter

old	old form	old setting
full	full form	full setting
particular	particular form	particular setting
similar	similar form	similar setting
Other adjectives: normal, usual, common, natural, specific, complete, regular, current, standard, original, single, popular, actual, real, new, unique, primary, alternate, basic, different, modern.

In the real fight, he remains in his human form while setting a horde of dragonkin upon the raid before finally transforming into his real form.

Source: Shapeshifter Default Form
The Dark Sun setting for Dungeons & Dragons demanded what it called the "character tree," an early form of troupe play.

Source: And Now for Someone Completely Different
A rare inversion in the Dragonlance setting, wherein a sivak draconian will take the form of the being that killed it for 3 days.

Source: This Was His True Form

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