formulate
verb/ˈfɔː(ɹ)mjʊleɪt/
Etymology From formula + -ate.
1
To put into a clear and definite form of statement or expression.
- He failed to formulate his ideas more clearly.
- The Assembly then formulated its demands, which were thirty in number, including the removal of all Huguenot temples built near churches1876, George Perkins Marsh, Mediaeval and Modern Saints and Miracles:
2 more examples
- Another source of evidence supporting the conclusion that children learn language by formulating a set of rules comes from the errors that they produce. A case in point are overgeneralized past tense forms like comed, goed, seed, buyed, bringed, etc. frequently used by young children.1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press, →ISBN, page 19:
- Look closely at the pretty seashell print on these blouses. They’re actually formulated from mathematical equations!2020 February 7, AJ Willingham, “What a great week for rescue pets!”, in CNN:
- Derived terms
- deformulate, formulatable, formulative, formulator, preformulate
- Related terms
- formula, formulable, formulaic, formulation, misformulate, reformulate