formalisation

1. 1.

   the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions)

   Synonymsformalization

   Broadersystematization

Other forms of formalisation

plural

formalisations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about formalisation

What does formalisation mean?

formalisation means "the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions)".

How many syllables are in formalisation?

formalisation has 6 syllables: for-ma-li-sa-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for formalisation?

Close synonyms include formalization. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is formalisation a common word?

formalisation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.