| VERB | communication | formulate, explicate, develop | elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses |
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| creation | formulate, invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, forge | come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort / effort | |
| communication | formulate, give voice, word, phrase, articulate | put into words or an expression | |
| creation | formulate | prepare according to a formula |
| Sounds | fao'rmyahley.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | explicate, develop | |
| Narrower | mature | Develop and work out fully in one's mind |
| redevelop, reformulate | formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis | |
| Broader | speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose | To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds |
| Similar to | develop, acquire, evolve | gain through experience |
| develop | elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme | |
| Spanish | desarrollar, elaborar, formular | |
| Catalan | desenvolupar, elaborar, formular | |
| Nouns | formulation | inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally |
| Meaning | come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort / effort. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | Did he formulate his major works over a short period of time? | |
| Synonyms | invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, forge | |
| Broader | create by mental act, create mentally | Create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands |
| Spanish | falsificar, formular, idear, inventar, tramar | |
| Catalan | falsificar, formular, idear, inventar, preveure, tramar | |
| Nouns | formula | a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle |
| formulation | inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally | |
| Meaning | put into words or an expression. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" | |
| Synonyms | give voice, word, phrase, articulate | |
| Narrower | ask | direct or put |
| dogmatize, dogmatise | state as a dogma | |
| formularize, formularise | Express as a formula | |
| frame, redact, cast, put, couch | formulate in a particular style or language | |
| lexicalize, lexicalise | make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language | |
| Broader | express, show, evince | Give expression / expression to |
| Spanish | formular | |
| Catalan | formular, redactar | |
| Nouns | formulation | inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally |
| formulation | the style of expressing yourself | |
| Meaning | Prepare according to a formula. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Broader | create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch |
| Nouns | formula | (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems |
| formula | directions for making something | |
| formulation | a substance prepared according to a formula | |
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