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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfɔɹ.məlaɪːz/ [General-American], /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mə.laɪz/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-formalize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: formalizes [present, singular, third-person], formalizing [participle, present], formalized [participle, past], formalized [past], formalise [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)məlaɪz Etymology: Etymology tree English formal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English formalize From formal + -ize. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|formal|-ize|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English formal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English formalize [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-id-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-idyéti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íďďō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ζω", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-izō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-iser", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-isen", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "formalize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="formalize"> From formal + -ize. Head templates: {{en-verb}} formalize (third-person singular simple present formalizes, present participle formalizing, simple past and past participle formalized)
  1. (transitive) To give something a definite form; to shape. Tags: transitive Translations (to give something a definite form): офо́рмям (ofórmjam) (Bulgarian), formalitzar (Catalan), formgive (Danish), formi (Esperanto), muotoilla (Finnish), formalisoida (Finnish), muodollistaa (Finnish), formaliser (French), formalizar (Galician), formalizar (Portuguese), formalizar (Spanish), формалізува́ти (formalizuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-formalize-en-verb-G3~oSej7 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 15 15 25 16 29 Disambiguation of 'to give something a definite form': 67 20 12 0 1
  2. (intransitive) To develop into a definite form. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-formalize-en-verb-7zmXrLFp Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 15 15 25 16 29
  3. To give something a formal or official standing. Translations (to give something formal or official standing): формализирам (formaliziram) (Bulgarian), formalitzar (Catalan), formalisere (Danish), formaligi (Esperanto), vahvistaa (Finnish), virallistaa (Finnish), formaalistaa (Finnish), muodollistaa (Finnish), formalizar (Galician), ресмилендіру (resmilendıru) (Kazakh), formalizar (Portuguese), formalizar (Spanish), formalisera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-formalize-en-verb-3fGuWgSx Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 15 15 25 16 29 Disambiguation of 'to give something formal or official standing': 11 3 80 1 5
  4. To act with formality. Translations (to act with formality): формализирам се (formaliziram se) (Bulgarian), toimia muodollisesti (Finnish), formalizar [pronominal] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-formalize-en-verb-wbxYqJ~j Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 15 15 25 16 29 Disambiguation of 'to act with formality': 0 0 1 98 0
  5. (mathematics) To rigorously prove a mathematical result.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deformalize, formalizability, formalizable, formalizer, nonformalized, reformalize, unformalized

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} formalize
  1. inflection of formalizar:
    first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: formalizar
    Sense id: en-formalize-pt-verb-AOSKR7l6 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 5 6 6 21 49 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 3 3 21 60 5 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 76 24
  2. inflection of formalizar:
    third-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: formalizar
    Sense id: en-formalize-pt-verb-7sS~Au6n

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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