how to pronounce formal

/ˈfɔː.məl/

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formal is pronounced in two syllables

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video examples of formal pronunciation

An example use of formal in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… does so in a formal documented way the …”

meaning of formal

Formal means of or relating to a formal occasion or to the formality of a social situation.

formal frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word formal occurs in english on average 64.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics formal can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that formal can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;