FORMALS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Adjective

being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)

Example: pay one's formal respects; formal dress; a formal ball; the requirement was only formal and often ignored; a formal education

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Adjective

(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms

Example: the paper was written in formal English

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

logically deductive

Example: formal proof

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

characteristic of or befitting a person in authority

Example: formal duties; an official banquet

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

represented in simplified or symbolic form

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

refined or imposing in manner or appearance

Example: befitting a royal court; a courtly gentleman

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Noun

a gown for evening wear

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Noun

a lavish dance requiring formal attire