formulateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈfɔː.mjə.leɪt/us/ˈfɔːr.mjə.leɪt/C2 to develop all the details of a plan for doing something:
to formulate a new plan
to formulate legislation
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim
- aim at sth
- calculate
- chart
- engineer
- in the pipeline idiom
- intend
- intent
- intention
- intentional
- promise
- scheme
- scientific
- see sth coming idiom
- set sth up
- strategic
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formulation
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˌfɔː.mjəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌfɔːr.mjəˈleɪ.ʃən/