Usually means: Establish structure through official rules.
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  1. formalise: Merriam-Webster
  2. formalise: Collins English Dictionary
  3. formalise: Vocabulary.com
  4. formalise: Wordnik
  5. formalise: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. formalise: Wiktionary
  7. formalise: Dictionary.com
  8. formalise: Rhymezone
  9. formalise: FreeDictionary.org
  10. formalise: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. formalise: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. formalise: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. formalise: Legal dictionary

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  1. formalise: Encyclopedia

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▸ verb:  (British spelling) Alternative spelling of formalize [(transitive) To give something a definite form; to shape.]

Similar:
formalize, formalisation, finalise, operationalise, institutionalise, legitimise, professionalise, systematise, standardise, more...

Opposite:
informalize, casualize, relax, loosen

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Similar:
formalize, formalisation, finalise, operationalise, institutionalise, legitimise, professionalise, systematise, standardise, more...

Opposite:
informalize, casualize, relax, loosen



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