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FORMULATE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

Example:

Could you develop the ideas in your thesis

Synonyms:

develop; explicate; formulate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "formulate" is one way to...):

conjecture; hypothecate; hypothesise; hypothesize; speculate; suppose; theorise; theorize (to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds)

Verb group:

develop (elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme)

acquire; develop; evolve (gain through experience)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "formulate"):

mature (develop and work out fully in one's mind)

redevelop; reformulate (formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

formulation (inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put into words or an expression

Example:

He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees

Synonyms:

articulate; formulate; give voice; phrase; word

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "formulate" is one way to...):

evince; express; show (give expression to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "formulate"):

ask (direct or put; seek an answer to)

lexicalise; lexicalize (make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language)

dogmatise; dogmatize (state as a dogma)

formularise; formularize (express as a formula)

cast; couch; frame; put; redact (formulate in a particular style or language)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

formulation (inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally)

formulation (the style of expressing yourself)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Example:

excogitate a way to measure the speed of light

Synonyms:

contrive; devise; excogitate; forge; formulate; invent

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "formulate" is one way to...):

create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he formulate his major works over a short period of time?

Derivation:

formula (a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle)

formulation (inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Prepare according to a formula

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "formulate" is one way to...):

create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

formula ((mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems)

formula (directions for making something)

formulation (a substance prepared according to a formula)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Formulated for both topical and systemic use, itraconazole preferentially inhibits fugal cytochrome P450 enzymes, resulting in a decrease in fungal ergosterol synthesis.

(Itraconazole, NCI Thesaurus)

Crookes and Wallace ranged up on the opposing side, while Sir Oliver Lodge attempted to formulate a compromise that would jibe with his particular cosmic theories.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Formulated in various oral forms for use in lactose intolerance, Lactase Enzyme (Lactaid) is a dietary supplement that breaks down lactose (milk sugar) in dairy foods.

(Lactase, NCI Thesaurus)

The mRNA used in this vaccine is modified and formulated to have enhanced translational potency and adjuvant activities.

(mRNA-Derived Prostate Cancer Vaccine CV9103, NCI Thesaurus)

Gregory was formulating his theory, which was almost exactly what Holmes had foretold in the train.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Formulated therapeutic analogs of one of a number of endogenous chemokines other than those classified as CXC, CC, C, or CX3C (previously known as alpha, beta, gamma, and delta, respectively).

(Other Recombinant Chemokine, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent is formulated with dilauroylphosphatidylcholine and nebulized in particle sizes of 1.2-1.6 micrometer mass median aerodynamic diameter.

(Aerosolized Liposomal Rubitecan, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit used to express a volume of a carrier or inert medium in which a medicinally active agent is formulated and/or administered.

(Drug Vehicle Unit of Volume, NCI Thesaurus)

Docetaxel emulsion ANX-514 is formulated without polysorbate 80 or other detergents in order to reduce the incidence and severity of hypersensitivity reactions.

(Docetaxel Emulsion ANX-514, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic peptide used to formulate and deliver deoxyribonucleic acids (DNA, usually in plasmid form) in gene therapy.

(DNA Compaction Peptide, NCI Thesaurus)