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formal 1. acquired by study in academic institutions 2. logically deductive 3. Philosophy a. of or relating to form as opposed to matter or content b. pertaining to the essence or nature of something c. (in the writings of Descartes) pertaining to the correspondence between an image or idea and its object d. being in the formal mode
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Hart Union High School District in Santa Clarita, parents of teens attending this month's winter formals were required to sign permission slips that reinforced the district's directives. Commenting on reports that some private schools had cancelled their formals amid concern about parents giving alcohol to underage students at pre-formal parties, Paul Dillon, of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, said it was naive of parents to believe they could control the amount drunk at parties. Schlepping a resolution from formal to informal meetings before going back to formals implies that the language of the text is not acceptable to at least one of the delegations. |
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