Formation and Way

Formation

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

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

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

Way noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

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Formation and way are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Formation" instead a noun "Way".

preferred	preferred formation	preferred way
good	good formation	good way
special	special formation	special way
best	best formation	best way
Other adjectives: similar, common, natural, specific, perfect, certain, standard, proper, effective, entire, bad, new, odd, strange, different.

Equally going into scatter formation and then charging is a good way of getting your soldiers killed off.

Source: Call That a Formation?
That is, until you make them break formation by killing their commander, siccing the wolf-riders on them, or lob a few catapult boulders/bombs their way...

Source: Call That a Formation?
Since the hovercraft are flying in a V-shaped formation, she's reminding him of the way they used to hunt and telling him to shoot the same way now.

Source: Tactical Reminiscence

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