formal : Idioms & Phrases


Formal cause

  • . See under Cause.
Webster 1913

formal garden

  • noun a garden laid out on regular lines with plants arranged in symmetrical locations or in geometrical designs
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formal logic

  • noun any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity
    symbolic logic; mathematical logic.
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formal semantics

  • noun the branch of semantics that studies the logical aspects of meaning
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semi-formal

  • adjective satellite moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket
    semiformal; black-tie.
    • he wore semiformal attire
    • a black-tie dinner
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