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US
/ˈfɔɹməˌɫaɪz/
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VERB
- declare or make legally valid
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make formal or official
We formalized the appointment and gave him a title
How To Use formalize In A Sentence
- The 40-member steering committee was mandated to formulate agreements on all outstanding issues and to draft legislation to formalize any agreements.
- Institutions that formalise such inequality have no place in the 21st century. Times, Sunday Times
- Hence, the third proposal: Take records seriously and implement certification systems to formalize them, taking special notice of the promises you must make to succeed.
- Humans add a formalized degree of consciousness to the morphic field - the noosphere - and, more importantly, a frequency of imagination.
- It would deformalize meetings, dismantle the wall that town and village boards erect and transform what is today a lecture by politicians into a conversation among people. The Buffalo News: Home
- We need to formalize our initial thoughts about the way to proceed.
- Mr Wen's visit will formalise a new cabinet - level dialogue on economic co - operation.
- To make the melodies come to life, the Xavante choreograph dances in a series of highly formalized patterns.
- This is as common as dirt in the blogosphere and the big wide world, but it's a kind of formalized, group-oriented insanity. Making Light: Open thread 134
- There should be proper interviews of these people so that, like Zambians working abroad, they also can work here as long as they formalise their documents and stay away from activities that are inimical to national development.