Meaning & use
Formalizing
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Making something official, legal, or set according to a fixed or accepted standard; giving definite, structured form to an idea or arrangement.
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The two companies are formalizing their partnership with a signed contract.
She spent the afternoon formalizing the club's rules into a written constitution.
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The present participle of 'formalize'; the British spelling 'formalising' is equally common outside the US.
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