What does formulate mean?

Definitions for formulate
ˈfɔr myəˌleɪtfor·mu·late

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. explicate, formulate, developverb

    elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

    "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"

  2. invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forgeverb

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

    "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

  3. give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulateverb

    put into words or an expression

    "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"

  4. formulateverb

    prepare according to a formula

Wiktionary

  1. formulateverb

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

ChatGPT

  1. formulate

    To formulate means to create, devise, or develop a method, plan, or strategy in a detailed and systematic manner. It can also mean to express or articulate something in a precise and clear way.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Formulateverb

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

Editors Contribution

  1. formulate

    Create according to a specific and intelligent formula.

    They did formulate the scientific response and were delighted with the results.


    Submitted by MaryC on May 5, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'formulate' in Verbs Frequency: #839

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of formulate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of formulate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of formulate in a Sentence

  1. Michael Amoia:

    People always come up to me and talk to me about my work, i guess I have to expect it; but when they learn about my story they start to formulate a completely different opinion of me.

  2. De Souza:

    We did this study as one in (a) series of papers we are working on to assess the effects of pulses on blood pressure, blood cholesterol, body weight, and appetite control to help guidelines committees to better formulate dietary advice.

  3. Hulton Archive/Getty Images:

    But every actor has that issue, people formulate an opinion about you and expect you to be a particular way. And when you’re not that way, they’re disappointed. They don’t quite understand it. That was an issue I was faced with.

  4. Liu Zhiquan:

    It essentially aims to improve environmental quality and force local authorities to formulate a more sensible industrial plan.

  5. Tylee Ryan:

    Im so upset, I cant even tell you. I cant even tell you how much my feelings hurt, i dont have words to formulate for you. I dont.I have so much anger. ... I have so many things that I want to ask you. I have so many things that I just want to put into place and I have a million other people who want the same thing and it just sucks.

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