Tra từ formal - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

I - noun

1. a lavish dance requiring formal attire
• Syn:
ball
• Hypernyms:
dance
• Hyponyms:
cotillion, cotilion, masked ball, masquerade ball, fancy-dress ball,
promenade, prom
2. a gown for evening wear
• Syn:
dinner dress, dinner gown, evening gown
• Hypernyms:
gown, formalwear, eveningwear, evening dress, evening clothes

II - adjective

1. being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) (Freq. 13)
- pay one's formal respects
- formal dress
- a formal ball
- the requirement was only formal and often ignored
- a formal education
• Ant:
informal
• Similar to:
ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, dress, full-dress,
form-only, nominal, titular, positive, prescribed, pro forma,
perfunctory, semiformal, semi-formal, black-tie, starchy, stiff,
buckram, white-tie
• See Also:
conventional
• Derivationally related forms:
formalness, formality
• Attrubites:
formality, formalness
2. characteristic of or befitting a person in authority (Freq. 3)
- formal duties
- an official banquet
• Similar to:
official
• Derivationally related forms:
formality
3. (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms (Freq. 2)
- the paper was written in formal English
• Ant:
informal
• Similar to:
literary
• See Also:
rhetorical
• Attrubites:
formality, formalness
4. represented in simplified or symbolic form
• Syn:
conventional, schematic
• Similar to:
nonrepresentational
• Derivationally related forms:
schematic (for: schematic), scheme (for: schematic), schema (for: schematic)
• Topics:
fine arts, beaux arts
5. refined or imposing in manner or appearance;
befitting a royal court
- a courtly gentleman
• Syn:
courtly, stately
• Similar to:
dignified
• Derivationally related forms:
stateliness (for: stately), formalness, court (for: courtly), courtliness (for: courtly)
6. logically deductive
- formal proof
• Similar to:
logical