formulate
to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
to devise or develop, as a method, system, etc.
to reduce to or express in a formula.
Origin of formulate
1Other words for formulate
Other words from formulate
- for·mu·la·ble [fawr-myuh-luh-buhl], /ˈfɔr myə lə bəl/, adjective
- for·mu·la·tion, noun
- for·mu·la·tor, noun
- non·for·mu·la·tion, noun
- pre·for·mu·late, verb (used with object), pre·for·mu·lat·ed, pre·for·mu·lat·ing.
- pre·for·mu·la·tion, noun
- un·for·mu·lat·ed, adjective
- well-for·mu·lat·ed, adjective
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How to use formulate in a sentence
He became the lawgiver, the founder of classicism, the formulator of the academic ideal.
Artist and Public | Kenyon CoxBut both these pleas prevail when we find the co-formulator of the Darwinian theory among mediums and their dupes.
Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley | Edward Clodd
British Dictionary definitions for formulate
/ (ˈfɔːmjʊˌleɪt) /
to put into or express in systematic terms; express in or as if in a formula
to devise
Derived forms of formulate
- formulator, noun
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