(~s)
1.
The ~ of something such as a medicine or a beauty product is the way in which different ingredients are combined to make it. You can also say that the finished product is a ~.
There have been problems with the ~ of the vaccine...
You can buy a ~ containing royal jelly, pollen and vitamin C.
N-VAR
2.
The ~ of something such as a policy or plan is the process of creating or inventing it.
...the process of policy ~ and implementation.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
A ~ is the way in which you express your thoughts and ideas.
This is a far weaker ~ than is in the draft resolution which is being proposed.
N-VAR