English-Thai Dictionary

formality

N ความ เป็นทางการ  kwam-pen-tang-kan

 

formality

N พิธี  ระเบียบ  พิธีรีตอง  แบบแผน  convention custom rule pi-te

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORMALITY

n. 1. The practice or observance of forms.
Formalities of extraordinary zeal and piety are never more studied and elaborate then in desperate designs.
2. Ceremony; mere conformity to customary modes.
Nor was his attendance on divine offices a matter of formality and custom, but of conscience.
3. Established order; rule of proceeding; mode; method; as the formalities of judicial process; formalities of law.
4. Order; decorum to be observed; customary mode of behavior.
5. Customary mode of dress; habit; robe.
6. External appearance.
7. Essence; the quality which constitutes a thing what it is.
The formality of the vow lies in the promise made to God.
8. In the schools, the manner in which a thing is conceived; or a manner in an object, importing a relation to the understanding, by which it may be distinguished from another object. Thus animality and rationality are formalities.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FORMALITY

For *mal "i *ty, n.; pl. Formalities. Etym: [Cf. F. formalité. ]

 

1. The condition or quality of being formal, strictly ceremonious, precise, etc.

 

2. Form without substance. Such [books ] as are mere pieces of formality, so that if you look on them, you look though them. Fuller.

 

3. Compliance with formal or conventional rules; ceremony; conventionality. Nor was his attendance on divine offices a matter of formality and custom, but of conscience. Atterbury.

 

4. An established order; conventional rule of procedure; usual method; habitual mode. He was installed with all the usual formalities. C. Middleton.

 

5. pl.

 

Defn: The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical, municipal, or sacerdotal. [Obs. ] The doctors attending her in their formalities as far as Shotover. Fuller.

 

6. That which is formal; the formal part. It unties the inward knot of marriage, ... while it aims to keep fast the outward formality. Milton.

 

7. The quality which makes a thing what it is; essence. The material part of the evil came from our father upon us, but the formality of it, the sting and the curse, is only by ourselves. Jer. Taylor. The formality of the vow lies in the promise made to God. Bp. Stillingfleet.

 

8. (Scholastic. Philos.)

 

Defn: The manner in which a thing is conceived or constituted by an act of human thinking; the result of such an act; as, animality and rationality are formalities.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

formality

for mal i ty |fôrˈmalətē fɔrˈmælədi | ▶noun ( pl. formalities ) the rigid observance of rules of convention or etiquette: he retained the formality of his social background. • stiffness of behavior or style: with disconcerting formality, the brothers shook hands. • (usu. formalities ) a thing that is done simply to comply with requirements of etiquette, regulations, or custom: legal formalities. • (a formality ) something that is done as a matter of course and without question; an inevitability: her saying no was just a formality, and both of them knew it. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘accordance with legal rules or conventions ’): from French formalité or medieval Latin formalitas, from formalis (see formal ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

formality

for |mal ¦ity |fɔːˈmalɪti | ▶noun ( pl. formalities ) [ mass noun ] the rigid observance of convention or etiquette: the formality of life in an English public school. • strictly conventional behaviour: with disconcerting formality the brothers shook hands. • [ count noun ] (usu. formalities ) a thing that is done simply to comply with convention, regulations, or custom: legal formalities. • (a formality ) something done or happening as a matter of course and without question: promotion looks a formality. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘accordance with legal rules or conventions ’): from French formalité or medieval Latin formalitas, from formalis (see formal ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

formality

formality noun 1 the formality of the occasion: ceremony, ceremoniousness, ritual, conventionality, red tape, protocol, decorum; stateliness, courtliness, solemnity. ANTONYMS informality. 2 his formality was off-putting: aloofness, reserve, remoteness, detachment, unapproachability; stiffness, primness, stuffiness, staidness, correctness, decorum, punctiliousness, inflexibility; informal standoffishness. ANTONYMS informality. 3 (formalities ) we keep the formalities to a minimum: official procedure, bureaucracy, red tape, paperwork. 4 the medical examination is just a formality: routine, routine practice, normal procedure.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

formality

formality noun 1 he disliked the formality of the occasion: ceremony, ceremoniousness, ritual, conventionality, red tape, protocol, decorum; stateliness, courtliness, solemnity, etiquette. ANTONYMS informality. 2 the book tells of Pétain 's formality as a colonel: aloofness, reserve, remoteness, detachment, unapproachability, stand-offishness; stiffness, primness, stuffiness, staidness, correctness, decorum, punctiliousness, inflexibility; reticence, taciturnity; antisocial nature. ANTONYMS informality. 3 (formalities ) when you apply for a loan, we keep the formalities to a minimum: official procedure, rule, regulation, convention, ritual, custom, matter of form, formal gesture; bureaucracy, red tape, paperwork, form, punctilio, protocol. 4 the medical examination is just a formality : routine, routine practice, normal procedure. ANTONYMS exceptional measure. 5 politicians were confident that Cabinet approval would be a formality: matter of course, foregone conclusion, inevitability, certainty; informal sure thing. ANTONYMS possibility; unlikely possibility.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

formality

for mal i ty /fɔː r mǽləti /名詞 複 -ties /-z /1 C 〖通例 -ties 〗正式な手続き .2 C 〖通例単数形で 〗形式 [儀礼 ]的行為 [手続き ]▸ The test is just a formality .その試験は形だけのものだ 3 U 堅苦しさ, 形式ばること ▸ with much formality おおいに堅苦しく, 仰々しく