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Formulate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To state as or reduce to a formula.

v. To express in systematic terms or concepts.

v. To devise or invent: formulate strategy.

v. To prepare according to a specified formula.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To reduce to or express in a formula; state in a precise and comprehensive or systematic form.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

v. put into words or an expression

v. elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

v. prepare according to a formula

Word Usage

"Some are just amazing bits of work, including this one that looks like a standard butterfly on first glance, but is actually the four finch species that helped Charles Darwin formulate his early ideas on evolution."

Verb Form

formulated formulates formulating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

create by mental act create mentally create from raw stuff create from raw material

Form

formulated formulating

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

state formularize formulize devise framed schematize draw institute

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

reformulate