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单词 formulating
释义

formulate

verb

for·​mu·​late ˈfȯr-myə-ˌlāt How to pronounce formulate (audio)
formulated; formulating

transitive verb

1
a
: to reduce to or express in a formula
formulate the area of a rectangle
b
: to put into a systematized statement or expression
formulate long-term goals
c
: devise
formulate a policy
formulate a plan
2
a
: to develop a formula for the preparation of (something, such as a soap or plastic)
a plastic specially formulated to resist high temperatures
b
: to prepare according to a formula
formulate the vaccine against malaria
formulator
ˈfȯr-myə-ˌlā-tər How to pronounce formulate (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • articulate
  • clothe
  • couch
  • express
  • phrase
  • put
  • say
  • state
  • word
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Example Sentences

a plastic specially formulated to resist high temperatures the doctor was trying to formulate a good way to tell her that she would need surgery
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Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

formulate

verb

for·​mu·​late ˈfȯr-myə-ˌlāt How to pronounce formulate (audio)
formulated; formulating
: to create, invent, or produce by careful thought and effort
formulate a medicine
formulate an answer

formulating

verb

present participle of formulate
1
as in expressing
to convey in appropriate or telling terms the doctor was trying to formulate a good way to tell her that she would need surgery

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • expressing
  • articulating
  • saying
  • putting
  • stating
  • describing
  • phrasing
  • wording
  • translating
  • clothing
  • crafting
  • summarizing
  • disclosing
  • couching
  • implying
  • speaking
  • suggesting
  • communicating
  • hinting
  • restating
  • framing
  • telling
  • uttering
  • paraphrasing
  • rephrasing
  • verbalizing
  • intimating
  • talking
  • rendering
  • rewording
  • insinuating
  • vocalizing
  • writing up
2
as in preparing
to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form a writer planning to formulate a response to what he considered a very unfair review of his work

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • preparing
  • composing
  • drafting
  • writing
  • crafting
  • framing
  • casting
  • devising
  • fashioning
  • making
  • forming
  • constructing
  • concocting
  • shaping
  • drawing up
  • penning
  • putting together
  • building
  • assembling
  • fabricating
  • molding
  • verbalizing
  • reformulating
  • stating
  • expressing
  • authoring
  • conceiving
  • phrasing
  • sculpturing
  • wording
  • couching
  • compounding
  • reframing
  • redrafting
  • inditing
  • piecing (together)
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