formality

formalite, resmî işlem

Sonuç zaten belli olsa bile kural veya gelenek gereği yapılması gereken işlem.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Something you must do because a rule or custom requires it, even when the result is already certain.

• The final interview is a formality.
• We completed the formalities before collecting the keys.
• Is this vote a formality, or could the plan still fail?

Eş anlamlılar: procedure

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: just a formality, complete a formality, legal formality

resmiyet

Rahat ve samimi davranmak yerine nezaket kurallarına ve resmî usullere bağlı kalma.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: The use of careful, polite behavior and official rules rather than a relaxed, friendly style.

• The meeting had little formality.
• She disliked the formality of official dinners.
• His speech brought a touch of formality to the celebration.

Eş anlamlılar: ceremony

Zıt anlamlılar: informality

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: great formality, formality of something, without formality, degree of formality

formalite, boş ritüel

Gerçek bir etkisi veya önemi olmadığı hâlde alışkanlık ya da gelenek gereği yapılan şey.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: An action done out of habit or custom that has no real effect or importance.

• Their greeting was an empty formality.
• The annual ceremony had become a meaningless formality.
• She wanted a real apology, not a formality.

Eş anlamlılar: empty ritual, empty gesture

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: mere formality, empty formality, meaningless formality