Formal | Mean of formal in English Dictionary

/ˈfoɚməl/

• requiring or using serious and proper clothes and manners
1. We attended a formal dinner.
2. a formal occasion/event
3. They are formal with people they don't know well.
• suitable for a formal occasion
1. a formal dress
2. wearing formal clothes
• suitable for serious or official speech and writing
1. He spoke to them in formal Spanish.
2. a formal word

• made or done in an official and usually public way
1. He wrote up a formal statement of his political beliefs.
2. She received formal recognition for her volunteer work.
3. He has made a formal announcement of his candidacy.
• done in a proper way according to the law
1. a formal contract
2. They seem to be interested in buying the house, but they haven't yet made a formal offer.
• arranged in a very orderly and regular way
1. a formal garden
• showing great concern for behaving in a proper and serious way
1. He has a very stiff and formal manner.
• received in a school
1. His formal education ended when he dropped out of high school.
2. He lacks formal schooling.
• relating to the form of something (such as a piece of writing) rather than the content
1. the formal aspects of a poem
• Noun
• a social gathering (such as a dance) that requires formal dress and manners