English

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.
   • 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press, ISBN 0-521-34750-5, page 19:

     Another source of evidence supporting the conclusion that children learn language by formulating a set of rules comes from the errors that they produce. A case in point are overgeneralized past tense forms like comed, goed, seed, buyed, bringed, etc. frequently used by young children. [...]

Related terms

• formula
• formulation
• formulable
• reformulate

Translations

External links

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

Esperanto

Adverb

formulate

1. present adverbial passive participle of formuli

Italian

Verb

formulate

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