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formal definition
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Grep of noun formal formal garden formal logic formaldehyde formalin formalisation formalism formalities formality formalization formalness formalwear Overview of adj formal The adj formal has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (13) formal -- (being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education") 2. (3) formal -- (characteristic of or befitting a person in authority; "formal duties"; "an official banquet") 3. (2) formal -- ((of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms; "the paper was written in formal English") 4. conventional, formal, schematic -- ((fine arts) represented in simplified or symbolic form) 5. formal -- (logically deductive; "formal proof") 6. courtly, elegant, formal, stately -- (refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman") Antonyms of adj formal 6 senses of formal Sense 1 formal (vs. informal) informal (vs. formal) => casual, everyday => free-and-easy, casual => folksy => unceremonious, unceremonial Sense 2 formal INDIRECT (VIA official) -> unofficial Sense 3 formal (vs. informal) informal (vs. formal) => colloquial, conversational => common, vernacular, vulgar => epistolary, epistolatory => slangy => subliterary => unliterary, nonliterary Sense 4 conventional, formal, schematic INDIRECT (VIA nonrepresentational) -> representational Sense 5 formal INDIRECT (VIA logical) -> illogical, unlogical Sense 6 courtly, elegant, formal, stately INDIRECT (VIA dignified) -> undignified Similarity of adj formal 6 senses of formal Sense 1 formal (vs. informal) => ceremonial => ceremonious, conventional => dress, full-dress => form-only(postnominal) => full-dress, dress => nominal, titular => positive, prescribed => semiformal, semi-formal, black-tie => starchy, stiff, buckram => white-tie => pro forma, perfunctory Also See-> conventional#1; formal#3 Sense 2 formal => official (vs. unofficial) Sense 3 formal (vs. informal) => literary Also See-> formal#1; rhetorical#2 Sense 4 conventional, formal, schematic => nonrepresentational (vs. representational) Sense 5 formal => logical (vs. illogical) Sense 6 courtly, elegant, formal, stately => dignified (vs. undignified) Attributes of adj formal 2 of 6 senses of formal Sense 1 formal (vs. informal) => formality, formalness Sense 3 formal (vs. informal) => formality, formalness Familiarity of adj formal formal used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 6) Grep of adj formal formal formalised formalistic formalized informal semi-formal semiformal Overview of adj formal The adj formal has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (13) formal -- (being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education") 2. (3) formal -- (characteristic of or befitting a person in authority; "formal duties"; "an official banquet") 3. (2) formal -- ((of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms; "the paper was written in formal English") 4. conventional, formal, schematic -- ((fine arts) represented in simplified or symbolic form) 5. formal -- (logically deductive; "formal proof") 6. courtly, elegant, formal, stately -- (refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman")
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