26984 words

formal

16 definitions • 13 examples
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Examples:

formal procedures
a formal announcement
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in appearance or by name only:

Examples:

I am the formal leader of the project but the everyday management is in the hands of my assistant.
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Examples:

a formal dinner party
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Formal education or training is received in a school or college:

Examples:

formal education Tom had little formal education.
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A formal garden is carefully designed and kept according to a plan, and it is not allowed to grow naturally.
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using an agreed and often official or traditional way of doing things:

Examples:

There are formal procedures for applying to become a US citizen.
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If a social occasion is formal, you wear traditional or very good clothes:

Examples:

It was a formal affair, and men were supposed to wear dark suits or tuxedos.
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Formal language is the language used esp. in writing in situations that are official and which is often more difficult than the language used in ordinary conversation.
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Formal education/training is the learning of a subject or skill from courses in a school:

Examples:

His formal education ended at the sixth grade, but he became a millionaire at the age of thirty.
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Examples:

a formal agreement/contract/offer They are required to make a binding formal offer and then publish an offer document within 28 days.
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Examples:

Please note that formal dress is not required at the dinner.
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used to describe education or training that is received in a school or college:

Examples:

Lacking formal education, he worked as a sharecropper and journeyman laborer to support his family.
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used to describe businesses that are officially recognized, pay taxes, etc.:

Examples:

In Mexico small and medium-sized enterprises generate six out of ten jobs in the formal sector.

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