FORMALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does formalise mean? 

• FORMALISE (verb)
  The verb FORMALISE has 2 senses:

1. make formal or official

2. declare or make legally valid

  Familiarity information: FORMALISE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORMALISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they formalise    ... he / she / it formalises   
Past simple: formalised   
Past participle: formalised   
-ing form: formalising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make formal or official

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

formalise; formalize

Context example:

We formalized the appointment and gave him a title

Hypernyms (to "formalise" is one way to...):

adjudge; declare; hold (declare to be)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "formalise"):

ritualise; ritualize (make or evolve into a ritual)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

formalisation (the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Declare or make legally valid

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

formalise; formalize; validate

Hypernyms (to "formalise" is one way to...):

authorise; authorize; clear; pass (grant authorization or clearance for)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "formalise"):

ratify; sign (approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation)

co-sign; cosign (sign jointly)

probate (establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

formalisation (the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions))

 Context examples 

The poem, which can be dated as far back as 961, foretells the end of Iceland’s pagan gods and the coming of a new, singular god: in other words, the conversion of Iceland to Christianity, which was formalised around the turn of the eleventh century.

(Volcanic eruption influenced Iceland’s conversion to Christianity, University of Cambridge)