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Formal Pronunciation

Pronounce Formal as F OW R M AH L.

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    Formal phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'formal'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of formal: /foʊrmæl/
    • Modern IPA representation of formal: /fɒrmæl/

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    List of meaning for formal

    official; legally recognized

    ball, formal(noun)

    a lavish dance requiring formal attire

    dinner dress, dinner gown, formal, evening gown(adj)

    a gown for evening wear

    formal(adj)

    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"

    formal(adj)

    characteristic of or befitting a person in authority

    "formal duties"; "an official banquet"

    formal(adj)

    (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"

    conventional, formal, schematic(adj)

    represented in simplified or symbolic form

    formal(adj)

    logically deductive

    "formal proof"

    courtly, formal, stately(adj)

    refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court

    "a courtly gentleman"

    a social gathering for dancing

    he asked her to the formal at the end of the year

    following or agreeing with established form, custom, or rules a formal meeting of the board of directors

    a formal contract that was legally binding

    being something in name or form only

    was the formal head of the charitable organization though he never attended a single meeting

    marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and details

    gave her a formal invitation to dinner

    relating to or suitable for wearing to an event requiring elegant dress and manners the dress code is formal for tonight's event

    a shop that rents out formal wear

    very dignified in form, tone, or style

    the formal language of the coronation ceremony

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    Translation found for formal

    formal in sentence

    1. It will take a magical designer to transform my plain dress into a formal evening gown.

    2. A formal speech was given right before dinner, but most diners ignored the man as he spoke.

    3. Not understanding decorum at a formal dinner, Jake ate his salad with his dinner fork.

    4. At the formal dinner, the two young men did not realize it was inappropriate to quaff their glasses of wine.

    5. The award-winning article compares the colloquial writings of the mountain people with the formal writings of the educated elite.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term formal

    Mnuchin said. Israel gets ready to open the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. ( AP) The treasury secretary’s comments come amid celebration and mass protests in Israel and Gaza leading up to Monday’s festivities. Israel prepared enthusiastically Sunday for the formal embassy opening with a gala party at its Foreign Ministry that included President Trump’s daughter Ivanka, President Trump daughter Ivanka husband Jared Kushner, and other U.S. officials. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told revelers that Trump's December declaration recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital was the right thing to do. Thank you, President President Trump, for your bold decision. Thank you for making the alliance between Israel and the United States stronger than ever.

    – Benjamin Netanyahu

    Over time the chant was formalized in the local SAE chapter and was taught to pledges as part of the formal and informal leadership process, it is clear that during the four years since the chant was brought to the university campus, its existence was known by recent members and ... it became part of the institutionalized culture of the chapter.

    – Daniel Boren

    A formal investigation will need to be conducted into this new crash. It's important not to speculate as to its causes. A final, conclusive report has yet to be issued in the case of the Lion crash.

    – Greg Waldron

    Sometimes when you're in a less formal setting, it's conducive to letting your guard down a little bit and I had found that to be the case in a number of knotty situations.

    – Tom Perez

    The most important outcome of education is to help students become independent of formal education.

    – Paul E. Gray

    That'll be a great day, but it'll be relatively meaningless in one regard, it'll be a formal recognition of something which has happened anyway.

    – Kim Jong

    We are not yet far enough that we have formal suspects identified or are ready to arrest suspects.

    – Fred Westerbeke

    We have made a formal request for all of the information and findings in the counterintelligence investigation, as they're required to provide us under the National Security Act of 1947, our priority at the moment has been to make sure this report is made public, and make as much of the report public as possible, but we will be following through to make sure we get the counterintelligence information that they're obligated to provide.

    – New York

    Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.

    – Stephen Vizinczey

    It has been decided to make the formal notice public due to, among other reasons, the seriousness of the breaches and the number of individuals concerned (more than ten million Windows users on French territory), the purpose of the notice is not to prohibit any advertising on the company’s services but, rather, to enable users to make their choice freely, having been properly informed of their rights.

    – The CNIL

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