Synonyms of the word

shaping

• n. The action of the verb to shape.
• n. (psychology) A method of positive reinforcement of behaviour patterns in operant conditioning.
• v. present participle of shape.

constructive

• adj. Relating to or causing construction.
• adj. Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
• adj. (law) Imputed by law; created to give legal effect to something for equitable reasons, as with constructive…

defining

• v. present participle of define.

fabrication

• n. (uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture.
• n. (countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood.

formation

• n. Something possessing structure or form.
• n. The act of assembling a group or structure.
• n. (geology) A rock or face of a mountain.
• n. (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division,…
• n. (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon…
• n. (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
• n. The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
• n. The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.

formative

• adj. Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
• adj. Capable of forming something.
• adj. (biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
• adj. (grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.
• adj. (education) Denoting forms of assessment used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
• n. (grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.

manufacture

• n. The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
• n. Anything made, formed or produced; product.
• n. (figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
• v. To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
• v. (transitive) To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.
• v. (derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.

plastic

• n. (obsolete) A sculptor, moulder.
• n. (archaic) Any solid but malleable substance.
• n. A synthetic, thermoplastic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer.
• n. Any similar synthetic material, not necessarily thermoplastic.
• n. (colloquial, metonymically) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
• n. (slang) Fakeness, or a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest…
• adj. Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
• adj. (medicine, now rare) Producing tissue.
• adj. (dated) Creative, formative.
• adj. (biology) Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.
• adj. Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.
• adj. Made of plastic.
• adj. Inferior or not the real thing; ersatz.
• adj. (slang) Fake, snobbish. Usually refers to a person.

process

• n. A series of events which produce a result, especially as contrasted to product.
• n. (manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical…
• n. A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
• n. (anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
• n. (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate,…
• n. (biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
• n. (anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.
• n. (computing) A task or program that is or was executing.
• v. (transitive) To perform a particular process.
• v. (transitive) To think an information over, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept…
• v. To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer…
• v. (chiefly Britain) To walk in a procession.