formalize

for·mal·ize (fôr′mə līz′)

transitive verb -·ized′, -·iz′·ing

to give definite form to
to make formal
to make official, valid, etc. by use of an appropriate form to formalize an agreement

for′·mali·za′·tion noun

Object

notion: However, few attempts have been made at formalizing the notion of limited resources in process algebras for mobility and distribution.
relationship: Following the changes that were taking place in IiP UK, we decided to formalize the relationship.
agreement: We are prepared to formalize a bilateral test ban agreement with India.
language: Efforts to formalize the health care language must take account of the highly dynamic state of health care terminology.
process: However, the legislation will formalize the process by restricting the mobility of bearer shares.
knowledge: The tendency is to equate the creature ( or its habitat ) with one's formalized knowledge of it.

Subject

system: The refinement is based on conceptual models of the platforms involved as architectural styles, formalized by graph transformation systems.

Modifying Another Word

also: It not only included clinical skills, but also formalized the development of generic skills, such as communication and team working.
highly: When dealing with highly formalized sets of exchanges, like marriages, Bourdieu's analysis is thoroughly appropriate.
not: If your organization has not formalized its approach to compliance, you are at increasing risk for compliance violations and more.
now: Professor Ajit Shenoi said: ' I am delighted that we are now formalizing a long-standing working relationship.
simply: Critics say that Chomsky's grammar is simply formalizing what is still a mystery.
very: Finally it is also the case that inter-village friction is great and that tribal unity is dependent on very formalized relations between the villages.

Used with why or when

what: Critics say that Chomsky's grammar is simply formalizing what is still a mystery.

Present participle complement

accord: Learning designs can be represented graphically or formalized according to an information model.
exist: But the Yalta Agreement did not invent forced repatriation, it simply formalized existing policy.

Preposition: in

framework: First, an estimation of global posteriors is formalized in the framework of hybrid HMM/ANN systems.
deed: Mortgages must be formalized in a public deed of mortgage before a Public Notary.
logic: The first kind of natural language statements can be formalized in ordinary modal logic, but the second kind cannot.

Preposition: by

system: The refinement is based on conceptual models of the platforms involved as architectural styles, formalized by graph transformation systems.

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