Formation and Research

Formation

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

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

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

Research noun - A systematic search for the truth or facts about something.

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Formation and research are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Formation" instead a noun "Research".

good	good formation	good research
certain	certain formation	certain research
original	original formation	original research
initial	initial formation	initial research
Other adjectives: proper, actual, bad, illegal, new, early, military, basic, historical.

Writers should be careful in assigning a character to an existing formation - unless they are prepared to do a lot of research it's usually easier to make one up.

Source: Useful Notes / Brits with Battleships
This final event resulted in not only the formation of the original Discipline Squad, but inspired Minaka to change the S-Plan from a research project focused on the study and protection of the Sekirei to the current Sekirei Plan.

Source: Manga / Sekirei

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