formal designation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofformalanddesignation
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formal
adjective
uk/ˈfɔː.məl/us/ˈfɔːr.məl/
public ...
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designation
noun
uk/ˌdez.ɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdez.ɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən/
an official title ...
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(Definition offormalanddesignationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofformal designation
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In addition, facilities exist for patients to attend main hospitals on a day basis without theformaldesignationof a day place.
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Formaldesignationorders are not, in practice, made until planning has been carried to a point where designation is required to facilitate executive action.
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There has been noformaldesignationof particular areas as educational priority areas.
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The term "cottage hospital" is not aformaldesignationof a type of hospital.
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However, for most of the post-war period, although valued by many amateur naturalists, withoutformaldesignationthe common remained outside the main thrust of conservation management.
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In addition, facilities exist for patients to attend main hospitals on a day basis without theformaldesignationof a day place.
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Theformaldesignationhad not been made by my predecessor, and, indeed, he had only held informal discussions with some of the authorities.
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There has been noformaldesignationof particular areas as educational priority areas.
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Theformaldesignationof the proposal relates to an application to be a self-governing trust, but the practice is usually referred to as opting out.
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Formaldesignationorders are not, in practice, made until planning has been carried to a point where designation is required to facilitate executive action.
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Membership of these alliances is not merely a matter of joint planning, or offormaldesignationor assignment of forces.
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It may be thatformaldesignationis not the best way forward, but we are looking at the issue.
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The term "cottage hospital" is not aformaldesignationof a type of hospital.
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The intention is to confirm the accuracy of zone boundaries before theirformaldesignation, using farmers' local knowledge.
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Theformaldesignationof an area as a national park is surely to make a national planning decision on the nature and use of the area of land concerned.
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Presumably, the right of appeal will arise at the point at which there is aformaldesignation, and not merely an inquiry form asking for information to he sent out.
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Sociologists in these countries sometimes turn this euphemism into aformaldesignation, applying the term "inner city" to such residential areas rather than to geographically more central commercial districts.
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Theformaldesignationwas created in 2006.
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