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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/informal/#m1)

2) Informal language is the everyday way people talk to friends and family, with words like «gonna», «kids» or «mate». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/informal/#m2)

3) Not official: «an informal agreement». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/informal/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/informal/#x1)
- «Kids» is an informal word for children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/informal/#x2)
- The party was informal, so we wore jeans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/informal/#x3)
- We had an informal chat after class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/informal/#x4)
- Don't use informal words in your exam essay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/informal/#x5)
- The meeting was quite informal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/informal/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/25/)
- ["Kicked the bucket" means died; it is a joking, informal phrase.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/9/)
- [Informal language is relaxed and chatty; formal language is careful and polite, used for teachers, strangers and official writing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/7/)
- [BUvai is an informal bye to friends; to a granny you would say do pobAchennya instead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/1-hi-hello-and-how-are-you/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «informal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/informal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.