Formulate

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  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To state as or reduce to a formula.
  • transitive verb. To express in systematic terms or concepts.
  • transitive verb. To devise or invent.
  • transitive verb. To prepare according to a specified formula.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To reduce to or express in a formula; state in a precise and comprehensive or systematic form.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
  • verb. put into words or an expression
  • verb. elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
  • verb. prepare according to a formula
  • Word Usage
    "Some are just amazing bits of work, including this one that looks like a standard butterfly on first glance, but is actually the four finch species that helped Charles Darwin formulate his early ideas on evolution."
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