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for·mu·late
 formulate
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- pronunciation:
- form
y
leIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
formulates, formulating, formulated |
| definition 1: |
to state in precise or systematic terms.
- similar words:
- frame
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| definition 2: |
to devise, invent, or develop in a clear or methodical way.
- similar words:
- design, devise, frame, invent, lay, plan
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| definition 3: |
to express or represent as a formula.
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| related words: |
chart, conceive, contrive, create, design, form, phrase, prescribe, put, scheme, think |
adverb + (v.)formulate
carefully, explicitly, initially, negatively, newly, originally, properly, specially, specifically
(v.)formulate
+ adverb
differently, precisely
(v.)formulate
+ noun
agenda,
answer,
argument,
basis,
concept,
conception,
conclusion,
criterion,
curriculum,
definition,
description,
distinction,
doctrine,
equation,
ethics,
explanation,
framework,
generalization,
goal,
guideline,
hypothesis,
idea,
identity,
implementation,
impression,
ingredient,
ink,
intention,
interpretation,
judgment,
legislation,
methodology,
model,
norm,
notion,
objective,
opinion,
philosophy,
plan,
policy,
principle,
proposal,
query,
question,
recommendation,
regulation,
reply,
response,
rule,
scheme,
sentence,
solution,
standard,
strategy,
theory,
thesis,
thought,
vision
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| derivations: |
formulable (adj.), formulation (n.), formulator (n.) |
The word formulate
contains the following parts:
form
Latin
root
that means shape, form
  Example words:
aliform, antiformalist, antireform, auriform, coliform, conform, conformable, conformal, conformance, conformation, conformity, cruciform, cubiform, cuneiform, deform, deformation, deformed, deformity, form, formal, formalism, formality, formalize, formally, format, formation, formative, formless, formula, formularize, formulary, formulate, formulize, fusiform, inform, informal, informality, informant, information, informed, informer, iodoform, malformation, malformed, misinform, multiform, napiform, oviform, piciform, piliform, reform, reformation, reformatory, reformed, reformer, reformist, reniform, semiformal, transform, transformation, transformer, unformed, uniform, uniformity, variform, vermiform
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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