Definitions
1.AdjectiveIn accordance with established forms."She spoke formal English, without any dialect."
2.AdjectiveOfficial."I'd like to make a formal complaint."
3.AdjectiveRelating to the form or structure of something."Formal linguistics ignores the vocabulary of languages and focuses solely on their grammar."
4.AdjectiveRelating to formation."The formal stage is a critical part of any child's development."
5.AdjectiveCeremonial or traditional."Formal wear must be worn at my wedding!"
6.AdjectiveProper, according to strict etiquette; not casual."He's always very formal, and I wish he'd relax a bit."
7.AdjectiveOrganized; well-structured and planned."When they became a formal club the rowers built a small boathouse."
8.AdjectiveIn accordance with a methodological framework with well-defined rules or laws; rigorous."Despite efforts by limnologists and freshwater biologists to create a formal definition of “pond”, there is still no universal distinction between a “pond” and a “lake”.; Only formal proofs, which derive theorems logically from their given axioms, are considered satisfactory in modern mathematics.; A set of words can be formal cognates only if they can be derived from a common ancestor by regular sound laws."
9.AdjectiveRelating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning."Formal series are defined without any reference to convergence."
10.NounAn evening gown.
11.NounAn event with a formal dress code."Jenny took Sam to her Year 12 formal."
12.NounA formal parameter.
13.NounEllipsis of formal hall.
14.NounFormalin.
15.NounAn acetal formed from formaldehyde.