Synonyms for formalize
ˈfɔr məˌlaɪzfor·mal·ize

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1. formalize, formaliseverb

   make formal or official

   "We formalized the appointment and gave him a title"

   Synonyms:
   formalise, validate

2. validate, formalize, formaliseverb

   declare or make legally valid

   Synonyms:
   formalise, validate, corroborate

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1. • Authorize
   • Declare

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1. List of paraphrases for "formalize":

   formalise, formalized, institutionalize, regularize, formalization, codify

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How to use formalize in a sentence?

1. Brian Schatz:

   On behalf of the people who elected us, we must formalize and accelerate the impeachment process so that Congress, by exercising its responsibility under Article 1 of the Constitution, can provide some measure of accountability.

2. Stephanie Daman:

   Some of them are at university, but you'll find an awful lot of these people have learned these skills by going to Google and taught themselves, we hope to persuade them to formalize those skills and move into jobs.

3. Mark Ghilarducci:

   We were just overwhelmed with the amount of interest and so we just didn't think we needed to actually formalize something that we were already getting through the normal process.

4. Gregorio Catapang:

   If we formalize (now) and they start putting up structures and it’s not constitutional, they will have to destroy those structures.

5. Ben Cloutier:

   We are working with the New Mexico Department of Health and the courts to better communicate with these individuals the processes they can use to legally change their names or formalize their name change – while causing the least inconvenience to customers.