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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
formalise .
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Examples
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Coward might argue this merely formalises a tacit reality.
Ripping responsibility from the BHA is wilful vandalism | Lydia Hislop 2011
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Formichetti's transition from stylist to catwalk designer is significant because it formalises the influence that celebrities and their style teams now have on the contemporary fashion scene.
Fashion stylists to the fore as menswear shows begin in Milan 2011
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It sets it under those two arrangements and formalises the cooperation between us.
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Wiggins 2006b,a formalises creative search in order to provide a comparative framework, and so is agnostic to views of representation.
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Wiggins 2006b,a formalises creative search in order to provide a comparative framework, and so is agnostic to views of representation.
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This second type of definition, defining relations inside a structure rather than classes of structure, also formalises a common mathematical practice.
Model Theory Hodges, Wilfrid 2009
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If one formalises these mental representations, they become something like
Model Theory Hodges, Wilfrid 2009
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Apart from the fact that it uses a formal first-order language, this is exactly the algebraists 'usual definition of the class of abelian groups; model theory formalises a kind of definition that is extremely common in mathematics.
Model Theory Hodges, Wilfrid 2009
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We have, as I mentioned, negotiated the Lombok Treaty which formalises our myriad cooperative ties with Indonesia.
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"Today (Tuesday) officially formalises the heads of agreement papers that were signed in November last year," said CDC chief executive officer Pepi Silinga.
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