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The phrase "give shape" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to say someone or something is giving form or definition to an idea or concept. For example, "She gave shape to her dream by outlining clear goals and steps for achieving it."
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Presidents give shape to parties.
They immediately give shape and add authority.
Not to give shape to space, but to give shape to... emptiness.' " (Ellipsis in the original).
How do you give shape to entropy — to incessant fables of grievance and collapse?
These are simply stories, he says, that give shape to our fears.
"It is something I have tried to give shape to for many years.
The men he appointed to give shape to his dream didn't disappoint.
I have, after all, other ships to give shape to that are waiting for me".
Both of these writers use elements of myth and magic to give shape to private worlds.
The church used to give shape to our time, with its weekly services and annual feasts.
In breads and cakes the gelatinisation of starch helps give shape.
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