formulate

tr.v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.

1. 1. To state as or reduce to a formula.
   2. To express in systematic terms or concepts.
   3. To devise or invent: formulate strategy.
2. To prepare according to a specified formula.

formulation for'mu·la'tion n.
formulator for'mu·la'tor n.

verb

1. To convey in language or words of a particular form: couch, express, phrase, put, word. See words.
2. To devise and set down: draft, draw up, frame. See words.
3. To form a strategy for: blueprint, cast, chart, conceive, contrive, design, devise, frame, lay¹, plan, project, scheme, strategize, work out. Informal dope out. Idioms: lay plans. See planned/unplanned.
4. To use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving: concoct, contrive, devise, dream up, fabricate, hatch, invent, make up, think up. Informal cook up. Idioms: come up with. See make/unmake.

A fixed recipe for the preparation of a medicine or a commercial feed.

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The verb has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
  Synonyms: explicate, develop

Meaning #2: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort
  Synonyms: invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, forge

Meaning #3: put into words or an expression
  Synonyms: word, phrase, articulate

Meaning #4: prepare according to a formula, of chemicals

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - formulere, udtrykke i en formel

Nederlands (Dutch)
formuleren, bedenken, een formule/manier voor productie bedenken, volgens een formule/ recept maken

Français (French)
v. tr. - formuler (des idées), élaboration (de principes)

Deutsch (German)
v. - formulieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διατυπώνω (νόμο, δόγμα κ.λπ.), εκφράζω σε τύπο

Italiano (Italian)
formulare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - formular

Русский (Russian)
формулировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - formular, esbozar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - formulera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
用公式表示, 作简洁陈述, 明确地表达

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 用公式表示, 作簡潔陳述, 明確地表達

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 공식화하다, 명확하게 말하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 明確に述べる, 考案する, 公式化する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يكون , يصيغ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ניסח, ביטא בנוסחה, ביטא בבהירות ובדייקנות‬

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