formalizing
Putting into rules
Formalizing is the process of making something official, explicit, or structured.
You formalize an agreement by putting it in writing, formalize a relationship by getting engaged, or formalize procedures by documenting them: We're formalizing our partnership with a contract.
The word implies moving from informal understanding to recognized, often binding form.
Converting into systematic code
- establishingCreating or setting up
- legitimizingConferring official status
- incorporatingAdding as a component
- charteringHiring for exclusive use
enacting · legislating · mandating · sanctioning · constituting · bureaucratizing · entrenching · routinizing
Prescribed conduct rules
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- guidelinesSuggested rules for behavior
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
standards · methodology · workflow · systematization · codification · framework · template · checklist
Ceremonial set of actions
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- commencementAct of starting
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
convocation · graduation · induction · installation · consecration · enthronement · solemnization · ordination
Shared position between parties
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- executionCompleting a planned task
- signatoriesThose who signed officially
- bindingLegally or morally required
covenant · stipulation · parties · terms · validity · clause · compliance · obligation
Creating musical agreement
- unifyingMaking disparate elements one
- normalizingMaking conform to norms
- homogenizingMaking consistent throughout
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
aligning · calibrating · synchronizing · benchmarking · conforming · interoperability · metrics · consistency
codifying
Converting into systematic code
- establishingCreating or setting up
- legitimizingConferring official status
- incorporatingAdding as a component
chartering · enacting · legislating · mandating · sanctioning · constituting · bureaucratizing · entrenching · routinizing · enshrining
protocol
Prescribed conduct rules
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- guidelinesSuggested rules for behavior
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
procedures · standards · methodology · workflow · systematization · codification · framework · template · checklist · rubric
ritual
Ceremonial set of actions
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- commencementAct of starting
investiture · convocation · graduation · induction · installation · consecration · enthronement · solemnization · ordination · dedication
agreement
Shared position between parties
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- executionCompleting a planned task
- signatoriesThose who signed officially
binding · covenant · stipulation · parties · terms · validity · clause · compliance · obligation · notarization
harmonizing
Creating musical agreement
- unifyingMaking disparate elements one
- normalizingMaking conform to norms
- homogenizingMaking consistent throughout
streamlining · aligning · calibrating · synchronizing · benchmarking · conforming · interoperability · metrics · consistency · uniformity
- approvalsapproved, approve, authorizing, certification, endorsing
- formalizinginstitutionalizing, officializing, establishing, codifying, standardizing
- math operationsaddition, adding, subtraction, subtracting, multiplication
- organizingorganizing, categorizing, grouping, structuring, classifying
- stylizingbeautifying, embellishing, ornamenting, decorating, enhancing
formalizinginformalizing
Making less formal
loosening · improvising · casualizing · relaxing · deregulating
formalizingloosening
Reducing tightness or tension
relaxing · adapting · easing · softening · liberalizing
formalizinginformalizing
Making less formal
casualizing · delegitimizing · invalidating · nullifying · revoking
form, inform, uniform, formal, reform, perform, informal, formula, formation