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INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

ENDE: formal formal

like: formal → →

Senior management have given their seal of approval (= formal approval) to the plans. ☊ approval ☊
to wear casual/formal dress ☊ dress ☊
He has no formal teaching qualifications. ☊ formal ☊
Young children are beginning their formal education sometimes as early as four years old. ☊ formal ☊
Although not formally trained as an art historian, he is widely respected for his knowledge of the period. ☊ formally ☊
Certain formalities have to be gone through before you can emigrate. ☊ go through sth ☊
help in doing sth: The organization offers practical help in dealing with paperwork. ☊ help ☊
You've got the job. The interview will be a mere formality. ☊ mere ☊
Signing the forms is little more than (= only) a formality. ☊ more ☊
The argument continued until the chairman called them both to order (= ordered them to obey the formal rules of the meeting). ☊ order ☊
to seek international/official/formal recognition as a sovereign state ☊ recognition ☊
'Register' is the term commonly used to describe different levels of formality in language. ☊ term ☊