"formalize" meaning in English

See formalize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /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]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)məlaɪz Etymology: formal + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|formal|ize}} formal + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} formalize (third-person singular simple present formalizes, present participle formalizing, simple past and past participle formalized)
  1. To give something a definite form; to shape. Translations (to give something a definite form): оформям (oformjam) (Bulgarian), formalitzar (Catalan), formgive (Danish), formi (Esperanto), muotoilla (Finnish), formalisoida (Finnish), formalizar (Spanish), формалізува́ти (formalizuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-formalize-en-verb-G3~oSej7 Disambiguation of 'to give something a definite form': 84 15 0 1
  2. 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), ресмилендіру (resmilendıru) (Kazakh), formalizar (Spanish), formalisera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-formalize-en-verb-3fGuWgSx Disambiguation of 'to give something formal or official standing': 13 82 1 4
  3. 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 Disambiguation of 'to act with formality': 0 1 98 0
  4. (mathematics) To rigorously prove a mathematical result. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-formalize-en-verb-~gYH64K0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 28 6 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 14 25 15 45 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: formalise Derived forms: formalizable

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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