Verb: formulate 'for-myû,leyt
- Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
"Could you formulate the ideas in your thesis";
- explicate, develop
- Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
"formulate a way to measure the speed of light";
- invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, forge
- Put into words or an expression
"He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees";
- give voice, word, phrase, articulate
- (chemistry) prepare according to a formula
"The pharmacist formulated the medication as prescribed"
Derived forms: formulates, formulating, formulated
Type of: conjecture, create by mental act, create mentally, evince [formal], express, hypothecate, hypothesise [Brit], hypothesize, make from scratch, show, speculate, suppose, theorise [Brit], theorize