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well-formed

well-formed adjective: correctly written; syntactically correct; expressed in a way that obeys rules for constructing formulas in a certain language.

Adjective

well-formed (comparative better-formed or more well-formed, superlative best-formed or most well-formed)

  1. Correctly written; syntactically correct; expressed in a way that obeys rules for constructing formulas in a certain language.
    • If the parser says it is good, then it must be well-formed and is part of the language.

well-formed meaning in Sanskrit and Thai

well-formed in Sanskrit

well-formed
सुरूप surūpá

well-formed in Thai

syntactically correct
ถูกรูปแบบ

Antonyms of well-formed

Forms of well-formed

comparativebetter-formed
comparativemore well-formed
superlativebest-formed
superlativemost well-formed

Words formed from well-formed

Phrases with well-formed

Questions about well-formed

What does well-formed mean?
Well-formed means correctly written; syntactically correct; expressed in a way that obeys rules for constructing formulas in a certain language.
What is well-formed in Sanskrit?
Well-formed in Sanskrit is सुरूप (surūpá). See Well-formed meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is well-formed?
Well-formed is an adjective.

Words near well-formed in the dictionary

  1. well-favouredly
  2. well-fed
  3. well-filled
  4. well-fitted
  5. well-fixed
  6. well-formed
  7. well-formed formula
  8. well-formed formulae
  9. well-formed formulas
  10. well-formedness
  11. well-formedness rules

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Adapted from Wiktionary: well-formed (page history and authors); सुरूप (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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