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formal

/ˈfɔːm(ə)l/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈfɔːm(ə)l/
formal
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Aw vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

for - mal -> formal

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ခမ်းကြီးနားကြီးဖြစ်သော။ တခမ်းတနားဖြစ် သော။ သမားရိုးကျဆန်သော။ တရားဝင်ဖြစ်သော။ နည်းလမ်းတကျ ဖြစ်သော။

Full entry

formal / 'fↄ:ml / adj

(ဤအဘိဓာန်၌ fml ဟု အတိုကောက် သုံး သည်။ )
၁။ ခမ်းကြီးနားကြီးဖြစ်သော။ တခမ်းတနားဖြစ် သော။ သမားရိုးကျဆန်သော။ The parties at the US embassy are much less formal than those at the British ❍ She always has a very formal manner, which I find rather unpleasant. ❍ Your letter to the bank manager needs to be more formal than that.
၂။ သမားရိုးကျဆန်သော။ Formal gardens were very much in fashion in the sixteenth century.
၃။ တရားဝင်ဖြစ်သော။ နည်းလမ်းတကျ ဖြစ်သော။ make a formal apology/ complaint/ request ❍ request formal approval ❍ comply with formal procedures. He has no formal teaching qualifications.
၄။ အပေါ်ယံယိက။ အပြင်ပန်း။ There is a formal resemblance between the two political systems, but in fact they function in a totally different way from each other.
❏ formally / -mǝli / adv တရားဝင်။ သတ်သတ်မှတ်မှတ်။ စနစ်တကျ။ The new rates of pay have not been formally agreed. ❍ The men were taken to the police station and formally charged. ❍ We've met each other a few times but never been formally introduced.

More examples
  • The government is promising a formal investigation.
  • They have offered me the job, but I don’t yet have a formal contract.
  • We intend to make a formal written complaint.
  • When we first met, he was a little stiff and formal.
  • Business letters do not always have to be impersonal and formal.
  • ‘Ameliorate’ is a more formal way of saying ‘improve’.
  • The Queen will be the host at a formal dinner tonight.
  • She’s got a lot of experience but no formal qualifications.
  • The formal innovations in Mozart’s music
Synonyms
official, proper, prescribed, recognized, strict, ceremonial, academic, affected, aloof, approved, bedclothes, by the numbers, casuals, ceremonialistic, ceremonious, clothes, confirmed, conventional, correct, dance, decorous, directed, distant, dress clothes, established, evening clothes, evening dress, evening gown, evening wear, exact, explicit, express, fixed, formalistic, formals, formalwear, full evening dress, hoedown, identify, lawful, legal, methodical, nominal, orderly, playing the game, polite, precise, prim, pro forma, punctilious, regular, reserved, rigid, ritual, ritualistic, seemly, sententious, set, smart, sock hop, solemn, soup-and-fish, starched, stately, stereotyped, stereotypical, stiff, stilted, straight arrow, stuffy, systematic, unbending, vesture, white tie and tails
Antonyms
ambiguous, customary, disorderly, inaccurate, indefinite, informal, normal, ordinary, relaxed, unaffected
Cross references
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