formulate

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

From formula +‎ -ate

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

Related terms

• formula
• formulation
• reformulate

Translations

to reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression

Czech: formulovat (cs) Dutch: verwoorden (nl), formuleren (nl) Esperanto: formuli (eo) Finnish: muotoilla (fi), formuloida (fi)

French: formuler (fr) Italian: formulare (it) Spanish: formular (es)

External links

• formulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• formulate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Esperanto

Adverb

formulate

1. present adverbial passive participle of formuli

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Italian

Verb

formulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of formulare
2. second-person plural imperative of formulare
3. Feminine plural of formulato