formulate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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to put into or express in systematic terms; express in or as if in a formula
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to devise
Other Word Forms
- formulable adjective
- formulation noun
- formulator noun
- nonformulation noun
- preformulate verb (used with object)
- preformulation noun
- unformulated adjective
- well-formulated adjective
Etymology
Origin of formulate
Example Sentences
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The Let's Talk Money course will look at topics such as formulating a budget and using online price comparison tools.
From BBC
Eighty percent of men shopping for skin care are looking for products that are formulated for them.
It emerged toward the end of the summer, long after health officials had already determined how to formulate this fall’s flu vaccine, a decision that had to be made in February.
From Los Angeles Times
"We've got a little bit of that early rehab to go through to formulate where he may plug into the series, but we expect him to take some part in the series."
From Barron's
But female guests don’t have their phones or any other resources that might help them formulate informed responses or fact-check Atlas’s dubious statistics.
From Salon
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