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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis" [syn: explicate, formulate, develop]
2: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light" [syn: invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge]
3: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" [syn: give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate]
4: prepare according to a formula

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-lated; -lating) Date: 1855 1. a. to reduce to or express in a formula b. to put into a systematized statement or expression c. devise <formulate a policy> 2. a. to develop a formula for the preparation of (as a soap or plastic) b. to prepare according to a formula • formulator noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 express in a formula. 2 express clearly and precisely. Derivatives: formulation n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Formulate For"mu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Formulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Formulating.] To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression. --G. P. Marsh.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(formulates, formulating, formulated) 1. If you formulate something such as a plan or proposal, you invent it, thinking about the details carefully. Little by little, he formulated his plan for escape. = devise VERB: V n 2. If you formulate a thought, opinion, or idea, you express it or describe it using particular words. I was impressed by the way he could formulate his ideas. = articulate VERB: V n

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