The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
formulate — for‧mu‧late [ˈfɔːmjleɪt ǁ ˈfɔːrm ] verb COMMERCE formulate a plan/policy/strategy etc to decide on a plan or a way of doing something and work out in detail how it should be done: • The company has hired a financial adviser to assist in… … Financial and business terms
formulate — I verb arrange, compose, devise, draft, draw up, efform, express in a formula, express in a systematic way, express in precise form, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, formularize, formulize, frame, give form to, hammer out, indite, produce, put… … Law dictionary
formulate — (v.) 1860, to express in a formula, from FORMULA (Cf. formula) + ATE (Cf. ate). Related: Formulated; formulating … Etymology dictionary
formulate — [v] plan, specify systematically codify, coin, compose, concoct, contrive, cook up, couch, define, detail, develop, devise, draft, draw up*, dream up*, evolve, express, forge, frame, give form to, hatch, indite, invent, make, make up*, map,… … New thesaurus
formulate — ► VERB 1) create or prepare methodically. 2) express (an idea) in a concise or systematic way. DERIVATIVES formulator noun … English terms dictionary
formulate — [fôr′myo͞o lāt΄, fôr′myəlāt΄] vt. formulated, formulating 1. to express in or reduce to a formula 2. to express (a theory, plan, etc.) in a systematic way 3. to work out or form in one s mind; devise, develop, contrive, etc. formulation n.… … English World dictionary
formulate — [[t]fɔ͟ː(r)mjʊleɪt[/t]] formulates, formulating, formulated 1) VERB If you formulate something such as a plan or proposal, you invent it, thinking about the details carefully. [V n] Little by little, he formulated his plan for escape. Syn: devise … English dictionary
formulate */ — UK [ˈfɔː(r)mjʊleɪt] / US [ˈfɔrmjəˌleɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms formulate : present tense I/you/we/they formulate he/she/it formulates present participle formulating past tense formulated past participle formulated 1) to develop a plan,… … English dictionary
formulate — verb ADVERB ▪ fully ▪ carefully, properly ▪ His ideas are always very carefully formulated. ▪ clearly, explicitly ▪ … Collocations dictionary
formulate — for|mu|late [ˈfo:mjuleıt US ˈfo:r ] v [T] 1.) to develop something such as a plan or a set of rules, and decide all the details of how it will be done formulate a policy/plan/strategy etc ▪ Tawney formulated Labour Party education policy in 1922 … Dictionary of contemporary English
