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Collocations for formal - adj.

1. very correct/official

VERBS

be, seem, sound
become

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
strictly
Learning was by rote and strictly formal.

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2. concerned with the way sth is done

VERBS

be

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ADVERB

merely, purely
Getting approval for the plan is a purely formal matter: nobody will seriously oppose it.
largely
The monarch retains largely formal duties.

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Formal is used with these nouns:
acceptance, acknowledgement, adoption, agreement, alliance, announcement, apology, appeal, application, appointment, approach, approval, arrangement, aspect, assessment, association, assurance, authorization, banquet, bow, briefing, care, caution, ceremony, channel, clothes, communication, competence, complaint, composition, conference, consent, contract, declaration, definition, description, dining room, dinner, discussion, distinction, dress, education, employment, enquiry, equality, establishment, evaluation, event, evidence, examination, expression, garden, gathering, greeting, guideline, hearing, inauguration, instruction, introduction, invitation, language, learning, lecture, letter, link, logic, manner, meeting, negotiation, news conference, notification, occasion, offer, opening, permission, politeness, presentation, procedure, process, procession, proof, proposal, protest, qualification, reception, recognition, record, register, registration, relationship, reply, report, reprimand, request, requirement, resolution, rigour, rule, schooling, separation, setting, statement, structure, style, suit, talk, teaching, tone, training, treaty, tuxedo, verdict, visit, vocabulary, warning, wear

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