All formalise synonyms
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F f verb formalise
- sanctify β to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- ratify β to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- validate β to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- enact β Make (a bill or other proposal) law.
- reinforce β to strengthen with some added piece, support, or material: to reinforce a wall.
- celebrate β If you celebrate, you do something enjoyable because of a special occasion or to mark someone's success.
- honour β to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.
- characterise β to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- construe β If something is construed in a particular way, its nature or meaning is interpreted in that way.
- decide β If you decide to do something, you choose to do it, usually after you have thought carefully about the other possibilities.
- delineate β If you delineate something such as an idea or situation, you describe it or define it, often in a lot of detail.
- describe β If you describe a person, object, event, or situation, you say what they are like or what happened.
- designate β When you designate someone as something, you formally choose them to do that particular job.
- detail β The details of something are its individual features or elements.
- determine β If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
- exemplify β Be a typical example of.
- explain β Make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas.
- illustrate β to furnish (a book, magazine, etc.) with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment.
- interpret β to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- prescribe β to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- represent β to present again or anew.
- specify β to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- spell out β to name, write, or otherwise give the letters, in order, of (a word, syllable, etc.): Did I spell your name right?
- ascertain β If you ascertain the truth about something, you find out what it is, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.
- assign β If you assign a piece of work to someone, you give them the work to do.
- denominate β to give a specific name to; designate
- denote β If one thing denotes another, it is a sign or indication of it.
- dub β to furnish (a film or tape) with a new sound track, as one recorded in the language of the country of import.
- elucidate β Make (something) clear; explain.
- entitle β Give (someone) a legal right or a just claim to receive or do something.
- etch β Engrave (metal, glass, or stone ) by coating it with a protective layer, drawing on it with a needle, and then covering it with acid to attack the parts the needle has exposed, especially in order to produce prints from it.
- expound β Present and explain (a theory or idea) systematically and in detail.
- label β a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
- name β a dictionary of given names that indicates whether a name is usually male, female, or unisex and often includes origins as well as meanings; for example, as by indicating that Evangeline, meaning βgood news,β comes from Greek. Used primarily as an aid in selecting a name for a baby, dictionaries of names may also include lists of famous people who have shared a name and information about its current popularity ranking.
- tag β a children's game in which one player chases the others in an effort to touch one of them, who then takes the role of pursuer.
- translate β to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own: to translate Spanish.
- call a spade a spade β to speak plainly and frankly
- arrange β If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.
- organise β to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- conduct β When you conduct an activity or task, you organize it and carry it out.
- distribute β to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- establish β Set up (an organization, system, or set of rules) on a firm or permanent basis.
- file β a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
- place β a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- plan β a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- adapt β If you adapt to a new situation or adapt yourself to it, you change your ideas or behaviour in order to deal with it successfully.
- adjust β When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.
- align β If you align yourself with a particular group, you support them because you have the same political aim.
- alphabetize β to arrange in conventional alphabetical order
- array β An array of different things or people is a large number or wide range of them.