formulate

From formula + -ate.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mjʊleɪt/

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formulate (third-person singular simple present formulates, present participle formulating, simple past and past participle formulated)

1. (transitive) To put into a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

   He failed to formulate his ideas more clearly.

   • 1876, George Perkins Marsh, Mediaeval and Modern Saints and Miracles:

     The Assembly then formulated its demands, which were thirty in number, including the removal of all Huguenot temples built near churches

   • 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press, →ISBN, page 19:

     Another source of evidence supporting the conclusion that children learn language by formulating a set of rules comes from the errors that they produce. A case in point are overgeneralized past tense forms like comed, goed, seed, buyed, bringed, etc. frequently used by young children.

   • 2020 February 7, AJ Willingham, “What a great week for rescue pets!”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Look closely at the pretty seashell print on these blouses. They’re actually formulated from mathematical equations!

• “formulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “formulate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

formulate

1. present adverbial passive participle of formuli

formulate

1. inflection of formulare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

formulate f pl

1. feminine plural of formulato

formulate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of formular combined with te