formalize

/'fɔ:məlaiz/ Cách viết khác : (formalise) /'fɔ:məlaiz/

Thân thiện

The committee will formalize the agreement at the next meeting.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To make something official or valid, often by following established rules or procedures: This meaning refers to giving something an official status, making it legally binding, or confirming it through proper channels.
   • To give a definite structure or form to something: This meaning refers to organizing or describing something in a clear, systematic, and often written way.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • The two countries will formalize their agreement with a treaty next month.
  • We need to formalize the decision by getting signatures from all board members.
  • The company formalized its new policy in a detailed employee handbook.
  • The couple decided to formalize their relationship by getting married.

Advanced Usage

• "to formalize an arrangement": to make an informal understanding into an official agreement.
  • After months of negotiation, they finally formalized the business arrangement with a contract.
• "to formalize a process": to establish a set of official steps or rules for doing something.
  • The university formalized its admissions process to ensure fairness.

Variants and Related Words

• Formalization (noun): The act of making something formal or official.
  • The formalization of the rules took several weeks.
• Formal (adjective): Following established rules, customs, or conventions; official.
  • The dinner required formal attire.

Synonyms

• Validate: To make legally or officially acceptable.
• Ratify: To give formal consent to; make officially valid.
• Codify: To arrange (laws or rules) into a systematic code.

Related Phrasal Verbs

(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs.)

Related Idioms

(This word is not commonly used in idioms.)

Học thuật

Verb

1. declare or make legally valid
2. make formal or official
   • We formalized the appointment and gave him a title

Từ đồng nghĩa

• validate
• formalise