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Synonyms for formulate
ˈfɔr myəˌleɪtfor·mu·late

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  1. explicate, formulate, developverb

    elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

    "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"

    Synonyms:
    rise, grow, educate, produce, explain, train, acquire, invent, explicate, make grow, develop, excogitate, evolve, arise, germinate, articulate, devise, break, modernise, spring up, phrase, build up, get, originate, give voice, contrive, word, forge, uprise, modernize, recrudesce, prepare

  2. invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forgeverb

    come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

    "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

    Synonyms:
    excogitate, ruminate, work, fake, prepare, make up, develop, contemplate, muse, get up, organize, fabricate, forge, plan, speculate, throw, cast, mull over, think over, form, mould, invent, word, manufacture, mull, explicate, reflect, fashion, articulate, spirt, cook up, organise, meditate, hammer, counterfeit, chew over, contrive, shape, phrase, ponder, spurt, give voice, project, design, machinate, devise, mold

  3. give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulateverb

    put into words or an expression

    "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"

    Synonyms:
    sound out, devise, enounce, explicate, say, develop, excogitate, enunciate, articulate, joint, phrase, pronounce, vocalise, invent, contrive, vocalize, word, forge, give voice

  4. formulateverb

    prepare according to a formula

    Synonyms:
    phrase, devise, explicate, invent, word, excogitate, forge, articulate, give voice, contrive, develop

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How to use formulate in a sentence?

  1. Daniel Levitin:

    Knowing better how the brain is organized, how it functions, what chemical messengers are working and how they're working -- that will allow us to formulate treatments for people with brain injury, or to combat diseases or disorders or even psychiatric problems.

  2. C. Wright Mills:

    Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.

  3. Michael Amoia:

    People always come up to me and talk to me about my work, i guess I have to expect it; but when they learn about my story they start to formulate a completely different opinion of me.

  4. Tylee Ryan:

    I dont have words to formulate for you. I dont.I have so much anger. ... I have so many things that I want to ask you. I have so many things that I just want to put into place and I have a million other people who want the same thing and it just sucks.

  5. Mike Tomlin:

    Claypool plays wideout. I’ll let him do that, i’ll formulate the practice approach and I think that division of labor is probably appropriate.


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