formalize
to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
to give a definite form or shape to.
to state or restate (the rules or implied rules of a grammar or the like) in symbolic form.
Origin of formalize
1- Also especially British, for·mal·ise .
Other words from formalize
- for·mal·i·za·tion, noun
- for·mal·iz·er, noun
- o·ver·for·mal·ize, verb, o·ver·for·mal·ized, o·ver·for·mal·iz·ing.
- un·for·mal·ized, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for formalize
formalise
/ (ˈfɔːməˌlaɪz) /
to be or make formal
(tr) to make official or valid
(tr) to give a definite shape or form to
logic to extract the logical form of (an expression), to express in the symbols of some formal system
Derived forms of formalize
- formalization or formalisation, noun
- formalizer or formaliser, noun
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