Adjective

formal (comparative more formal, superlative most formal)

Positive formal

Comparative more formal

Superlative most formal

  1. being in accord with established forms
  2. official
  3. relating to the form or structure of something
  4. ceremonial
  5. (horticulture) Organized; well-structured and planned.

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Noun

Singular formal

Plural formals

formal (plural formals)

  1. formalin

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Mon Feb 15 04:46:34 2010

Formal, (adj.) relating to an established procedure or set of specific behaviors.

For other uses of form see Form

For other uses of formalism see Formalism

Formal may also refer to:

General:

Logic and mathematics:

  • Formal logic, logical argument based on form
  • Formal cause, Aristotle's intrinsic, determining cause
  • Formal power series, a generalization of power series without requiring convergence, used in combinatorics
  • Formal calculation, a calculation which is systematic, but without a rigorous justification
  • Formal set theory, as opposed to Naive set theory
  • Formal derivative, an operation on elements of a polynomial ring which mimics the form of the derivative from calculus

Linguistics:

Chemistry:

Computer science:

  • Formal methods, mathematically-based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems
  • Formal specification, describes what a system should do, not how it should do it
  • Formal verification, proves correctness of a system
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What color shoes would match a formal satin gold dress for a 4 year old girl?
Q. My friend is throwing a Sweet 16 party for her daughter and asked to have my daughter come out in the party. Kinda like a mini bride type of thing except its a sweet 16 and not a wedding. So the birthday girl will also be wearing a gold dress as will my daughter. However, its a formal dress which is gold and satin. I am having the hardest time trying to find shoes to match!! Any suggestions? Oh and the party is this Friday so its crunch time! Thanks for any responses.
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A. Get some gold sandals at Wal-Mart. Or get a pair of cheap thongs and hot glue gold ribbon to them for your daughter. Other gold things like flowers, beads, etc can also be used to adorn the shoes.
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