transcription, транскрипция: [ fɔ:(r)məlaɪz ]
( formalizes, formalizing, formalized)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'formalise'
If you formalize a plan, idea, arrangement, or system, you make it formal and official.
A recent treaty signed by Russia, Canada and Japan formalized an agreement to work together to stop the pirates...
VERB : V n