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formalize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb formalize has 2 senses
- formalize(v = verb.social) formalise - make formal or official; "We formalized the appointment and gave him a title" is one way to adjudge, declare, hold
- formalize(v = verb.social) formalise, validate - declare or make legally valid; Array is one way to authorise, authorize, clear, pass
Derived form noun formalization1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived form noun formalization1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
formalize, v. t.
- To give form, or a certain form, to; to model. [1913 Webster]
- To render formal. [1913 Webster]
formalize, v. i.
To affect formality. ales. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
formalize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 give definite shape or legal formality to.
2 make ceremonious, precise, or rigid; imbue with formalism.
1 give definite shape or legal formality to.
2 make ceremonious, precise, or rigid; imbue with formalism.
Derivative
formalization n.
THESAURUS
formalize
agree on terms, block out, carve, cast, celebrate, chisel, codify, conventionalize, create, cut, dignify, efform, fashion, figure, fix, forge, form, found, frame, hew, knead, knock out, lay out, lick into shape, mint, model, mold, normalize, observe, regularize, ritualize, rough out, roughcast, roughhew, sculpt, sculpture, seal, set, shake hands, shape, sign, solemnize, stamp, standardize, strike a bargain, stylize, tailor, thermoform, work
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