to formulate
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4.3
- verb
- /ˈfɔrmjʊˌleɪt/
:
formular
- First, a contingency plan should be formulated to cover the possibility that the workshop could be canceled.
- formulate a policy
- specially formulated
- formulate a plan
So it's also formulated with woozoo U extract.
- So it's also formulated with woozoo U extract.
- This is the Thera brush dentist formulated fresh breath oral rinse in mild mint.
- And finally, we have Native, which is deodorant formulated without aluminum, parabens or talc.
- For the Dow, it's price weighted, which probably made sense when it was formulated a long time ago.
- This one just formulated was kind of off.
Examples
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We use everything we have to formulate a proper vaccine.
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Nutritional requirements were also examined to help formulate diets for cost-effective growth.
Academic text (1999) -
Well, I think you must know now how to formulate that question.
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So that can depend on exactly how you formulate it.
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I'm trying to formulate an exciting plan of action.
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There is clearly a need for more adults in the room when the US administration formulates foreign policy.
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Linda and I went along with the festivities, but we were also formulating a strategy.
Fiction book (1997) -
Starter pellets gave way to fifty-pound bags of specially formulated high-protein prepared feeds.
Fiction book (1992) -
A new anaerobic threadlocking adhesive is specially formulated for preapplication onto brass fittings.
Academic text (1999) -
The scientist worked diligently to formulate a new hypothesis based on her research findings.
Synonyms
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3.5
To make writing, music, or a plan
To put an idea into a math equation
How Methodical
- US
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4.2
- US
3
6.7
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4.3
∞
1.0
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2.9
141
4.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word formulate comes from the Latin forma 'shape' and the related word formula 'a fixed method or recipe'. To formulate a medicine or product is to follow a formula and make it by a set method, so the origin shows why it means to prepare something according to a method.