Formation and Reading

Formation

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

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

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

Reading noun - A presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view.

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Formation and reading are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Formation" instead a noun "Reading".

Nearby Words: read, reader, readable, readout, readability

close	close formation	close reading
preferred	preferred formation	preferred reading
good	good formation	good reading
similar	similar formation	similar reading
Other adjectives: common, standard, proper, heavy, actual, bad, strict, odd, alternate, strange, last, different.

Unfortunately, this meant later historians would misinterpret French military tactics to an absurd degree: reading "the French columns attacked", a historian would infer that the French attacked in column formation, which only an idiot would do intentionally.

Source: Useful Notes / The Napoleonic Wars

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