formula
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- noun
- /ˈfɔrmjələ/
- To bake the cake, you need to follow this formula carefully to achieve the best results.
- a formula for success
- use a formula
- apply a formula
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Watch on YouTubeAnd so we invent common formulae and baptize them truths.
- And so we invent common formulae and baptize them truths.
- And you know, there's, there's no one formula it, it's, it depends.
- That's, that's, that's my formula, which I teach people to do.
- Maybe you should have just followed the formula and stuck with basic work.
- And I really thought about those as like my my personal formula for happiness.
- OK, there's no one formula that suits everyone.
- Now we don't know because there's no fixed formula or clear answer.
- And so it was the same formula they used in Berlin, right?
Examples
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I was just looking over the formula.
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It's, it's almost a fail safe formula for success.
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So what does that simple formula tell you?
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All right, so this is another formula that we'll make use of.
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Let's just get the formula back and get out of here.
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So what's the formula for a bad story?
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OK, so those are basically the key formulas to know.
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We strayed from the formula, and we paid the price.
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Is there some magic formula to predict whether a clip will go viral?
Academic text (2017) -
But these days everyone wanted a formula, a nifty explanation for guys like this.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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An instruction or law that tells people what to do
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Generally used and accepted as correct
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A paper or cloth guide used to cut fabric for clothes
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A usual way of behaving that most people in a group follow
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A model or example that people follow in a field
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A rule that tells people how to act during a religious service or ceremony
Antonyms
Compounds
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Symbols that show which elements are in a substance and how many of each
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The exact number and kinds of atoms in one small part of a chemical compound
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A diagram showing six carbon atoms in a ring, each attached to one hydrogen
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The simplest whole number ratio of elements in a chemical compound, not the exact number of atoms
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A structural drawing of benzene showing six carbons in a ring with alternating single and double bonds
How Conventional
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Formula comes from the old Latin forma ('form') and the ending -ula ('little'), which gives the sense of a small, fixed pattern. That's why a formula can mean a standard method or way of doing something that people follow again and again.