formalize

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to make an arrangement, rule, or process official or definite

   The two teams will formalize their agreement on Monday.

2. 2
   verb

   to express an idea or system in a fixed, organized form

   The researchers formalize the method in a short set of rules.

Formed from formal and the verb-forming suffix -ize. Formal derives from Latin formalis, ‘relating to form,’ from forma, ‘shape or form.’

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