formación

Definitions of formación
  1. noun
    the act of forming or establishing something
    synonyms: constitución
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    sindicación, sindicalización
    act of forming labor unions
    colectivización
    the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism
    colonización
    the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
    type of:
    apertura, comienzo, iniciación, inicio, principio
    the act of starting something
  2. noun
    the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
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    falsificación, forja, fraguado
    shaping metal by heating and hammering
    desvalijamiento, estriado, rayado, saqueo
    the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm
    type of:
    elaboración, fabricación
    the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
  3. noun
    the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
    synonyms: capacitación, educación, enseñanza, instrucción, preparación
  4. noun
    (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat
    synonyms: alineación
  5. noun
    an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
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    línea
    a formation of people or things one beside another
    fila india
    a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
    piquete
    a line of people acting as pickets
    fila
    an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
    type of:
    disposición, orden, ordenación
    an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging
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