informal

«informal» in Mova's school dictionary: relaxed and friendly, not following strict rules: «an… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

1) Informal means relaxed and friendly, not following strict rules: «an informal party». tree →

2) Informal language is the everyday way people talk to friends and family, with words like «gonna», «kids» or «mate». tree →

3) Not official: «an informal agreement». tree →

sense in the lessons

In English lessons, pupils learn the difference between formal and informal writing: a letter to a friend is informal, a letter to the head teacher is formal. Phrases: «informal language», «informal clothes», «informal chat».

examples

• Write an informal letter to your best friend. tree →
• «Kids» is an informal word for children. tree →
• The party was informal, so we wore jeans. tree →
• We had an informal chat after class. tree →
• Don't use informal words in your exam essay. tree →
• The meeting was quite informal. tree →

note

Opposite: formal. «An informal» (vowel sound). Adverb: informally. Examples of informal words: «gonna», «cos», «telly» (UK), «arvo» (Australia).

In the corpora

• Diaries often use informal language and contractions such as I'm, can't and didn't.
• "Kicked the bucket" means died; it is a joking, informal phrase.
• Informal language is relaxed and chatty; formal language is careful and polite, used for teachers, strangers and official writing.
• BUvai is an informal bye to friends; to a granny you would say do pobAchennya instead.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «informal» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.