FORMULATE


Meaning of FORMULATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fɔ:(r)mjʊleɪt ]

( formulates, formulating, formulated)

1.

If you formulate something such as a plan or proposal, you invent it, thinking about the details carefully.

Little by little, he formulated his plan for escape.

= devise

VERB : V n

2.

If you formulate a thought, opinion, or idea, you express it or describe it using particular words.

I was impressed by the way he could formulate his ideas.

= articulate

VERB : V n

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