formalize
IPA: fˈɔrmʌɫaɪz
verb
- To give something a definite form; to shape.
- To give something a formal or official standing.
- To act with formality.
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Examples of "formalize" in Sentences
- So can we finally get that report to where we look at a structure and kind of formalize that? "
- Mr. Valli decided to formalize his couture business with a collection after making 380 special-order dresses last year.
- Clinton pressed dos Santos and the Angolan National Assembly to complete the new constitution that would formalize democracy.
- I can just imagine the explosions if any administration of, for instance, SFWA, tried to formalize an official policy disapproving of this.
- The officials said that they expected to formalize the settlement within the next day and have the details publicly available within the next week.
- Expand, deepen and further "formalize" the official channel of U.S. cooperation with the ICC, so that the court can get further involved in global conflicts such as those in Darfur, the Congo, Uganda and other areas.
- His expected signatures would formalize an agreement that the Democratic governor reached with Republican legislative leaders last week, and likely means most of the idled 22,000 state workers could be back to work by Thursday.
- The ability to test theories empirically has been one of the primary arguments in favour of the increasing use of math in economics and the need for methods that, in the minds of their users, "formalize" economic theories and their implications.
- And that made it more likely that Israel and other Sunni Arab players that regard the Islamic Republic as a threat to their core national interests would use all their available resources to deprive Iran from having access to a military instrument that would allow it to formalize the new regional balance of power.
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