formulatefor‧mu‧late /ˈfɔːmjəleɪt $ ˈfɔːr-/ ●○○ AWL verb [transitive] 
He formulated Labour Party education policy in 1922.formulate an idea/theory Darwin formulated the theory of natural selection.2to think carefully about what to say, and say it clearly: We are studying the situation but have not formulated any response yet.—formulation /ˌfɔːmjəˈleɪʃən $ ˌfɔːr-/ noun [countable, uncountable]: the formulation of clear objectives
VERB TABLE
formulate
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | formulate |
| he, she, it | formulates | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | formulated |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have formulated |
| he, she, it | has formulated | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had formulated |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will formulate |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have formulated |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am formulating |
| he, she, it | is formulating | |
| you, we, they | are formulating | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was formulating |
| you, we, they | were formulating | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been formulating |
| he, she, it | has been formulating | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been formulating |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be formulating |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been formulating |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Changes to the education system should be formulated by teachers not politicians.
- Jackie paused to formulate her reply.
- The city is currently formulating policies on new road expansions.
- The gasoline is formulated to burn more cleanly, producing less pollution.
- The government has set up a working party to formulate proposals for reducing environmental pollution.
- He did not attempt to formulate his ideas in finished form; he thought aloud so one could hear the brain tick.
- Many institutions are formulating guidelines to insure the protection of the rights of persons housed by that institution.
- The leadership role entails taking the initiative in formulating, articulating, and implementing goals for the political system.
- The songs are clean and streamlined, consistently formulated and ready for radio play.
- Which is why our Multivitamin Liquid is specially formulated for children whose vitamin requirements differ from those of adults.
- Within the confines of lunch, I did my best to formulate what I thought.
Longman Language Activatorto make plans
to think carefully about something you are going to do, and decide how you will do it: · Sue spent months planning her trip.· The burglary had obviously been very carefully planned.plan how/what/where etc: · Have you planned how you're going to spend your prize money?plan for: · I think we should plan for about 50 guests.· We're planning for rain because the forecast isn't good.have something planned (=have planned something carefully already): · Don't worry, I have the whole evening planned.
to think about and talk about something that you intend to do, especially something that needs to be carefully planned: · We sat around the table, talking, laughing, and making plans.make plans for: · I've already started to make plans for the wedding - there's so much to do.
to organize the details of an event or trip, such as the times in which things will happen: · I'd booked the flight and made all the arrangements well in advance.make arrangements for: · John's brother kindly made the arrangements for the funeral.make arrangements to do something: · Vivian and her boyfriend are making arrangements to join us in Australia.make arrangements with: · Please telephone and make arrangements with my secretary.
especially British also figure out American to think carefully about how you are going to do something, especially something complicated or difficult, and plan a good way of doing it: · Management consultant Peter Brant worked out the schedule in October 1983.· UN negotiators have figured out a plan which they hope will be acceptable to both sides.work/figure out a way of doing something: · The first thing you'll have to do is figure out a way of earning the money.work out what/where/how etc: · I'll certainly go back to my job once I've worked out who's going to look after the kids during the day.have it all worked/figured out (=have completely planned how you are going to do something): · The killer, whoever he was, had it all worked out.
to plan all the details of how something is going to develop in the future, especially over a long period of time: · Representatives from several European countries met to map out details of the proposed aid program.have your future/career/education etc mapped out: · Jodie has her career all mapped out.· By the time he was 15, his parents already had his future mapped out.
to plan how you will spend your money during a certain period of time or for a particular activity: · Mark's capable of earning a lot, but he's no idea how to budget or save.· Our annual expenditure on training has been carefully budgeted.budget for: · At university, young people have to budget for their living expenses, and organise their time.
if members of a government, company, or other organization formulate a plan or proposal, they decide the details of what is going to be done: · Changes to the education system should be formulated by teachers not politicians.formulate a plan/policy/proposal etc: · The government has set up a working party to formulate proposals for reducing environmental pollution.
to be the person who is in charge of planning a complicated or difficult operation, especially a crime: · The raid, one of the most daring crimes of the century, was masterminded by Italian playboy, Giovanni Cattani.· Well-known as a tough industrialist, he masterminded 50 company takeovers in one year.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He formulated Labour Party education policy in 1922. Darwin formulated the theory of natural selection.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1to develop something such as a plan or a set of rules, and decide all the details of how it will be doneformulate a policy/plan/strategy etc He formulated Labour Party education policy in 1922. Darwin formulated the theory of natural selection. (=make a detailed plan, especially after considering something carefully)· He devised a daring plan to steal two million dollars.· The company has already drawn up plans to develop the site.
· We try to formulate policies that will meet the needs of the people.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· Which is why our Multivitamin Liquid is specially formulated for children whose vitamin requirements differ from those of adults.· Upscale retail chains are doing the same with specially formulated baby creams and lotions.· And Farley's Junior Milk is specially formulated for baby humans.· But there again, it is specially formulated to complement a diet of grass.· It was far better to buy a fresh varnish stain which has been specially formulated.· More often than not even the most famous of brand names are specially formulated to appeal to individual national palates.· Radiator enamels are specially formulated to prevent the yellowing which usually occurs when normal white paint is used on a radiator.
NOUN· Many psychologists credit Ed Fleishman with formulating the original concepts.· And his gifts were not merely mechanical: he understood intuitively how to formulate concepts.· Hayek formulated this concept essentially as a result of his inquiries into the nature of order in society.
· He did not attempt to formulate his ideas in finished form; he thought aloud so one could hear the brain tick.· This deals with possible objections listeners may be formulating about the idea before they have a chance to raise them.· In practice every opportunity should be taken to encourage students to formulate ideas for themselves.
· Chief executives are officials who run governmental bodies that formulate and enforce laws.· Based on this notion that like cures like, Hahnemann formulated the Law of Similars.
· An attempt has therefore been made to formulate goals and objectives for online user education from this point of view.· They must communicate these needs to their subordinates and address them in formulating their units' objectives.
· The results will be used to formulate development plans.· All over Langley and Miami they were still formulating plans to hit Fidel.· In November 1808 ten of her friends met in London to formulate a rescue plan.· They formulate detailed plans for managing both the quantitative and the qualitative costs they are bound to incur.· Accept that and formulate an organised plan of action and you're nearly there!· When the tin price collapsed, the miners formulated a plan to keep the mines open under their control with reduced costs.· Subsequent treatment After the initial period of assessment and support it should be possible to formulate a treatment plan.· In bed, in the dark, she formulated her plans.
· Another factor that needs to be considered when policy is formulated is that lethal malformation will not always be diagnosed before delivery.· Resource allocation is also relevant, particularly where charging policies are formulated on a means-tested basis.· The argue that if the environment is to be properly safeguarded policies must be formulated which will encourage favourable ongoing management.· A more detailed growing policy is then formulated.
· In this chapter, some general information is organized and summarized to formulate some general principles for meal managers.
· If policy can have effects, modelling the government sector requires us to formulate their optimisation problem also.
· They formulated a programme of demands, but these fell on deaf ears in Petrograd.· It formulated a programme for the rational layout of towns, preceded by analytic study.
· UDCs must take account of such plans in formulating their own development proposals but are not bound by them.· The neighborhood service centers assisted commissioners in assessing conditions and priorities in their respective subareas and in formulating appropriate proposals.· It says it hopes to formulate a proposal for the holders in due course.· In recent years Western socialists have formulated wide-ranging proposals for socialist economic organization in which markets play a key role.· Civil justice re-defined To understand the Woolf rules, solicitors must remember why Lord Woolf formulated his proposals.· Indeed Wigner has formulated a proposal along exactly these lines.
· One way of improving this situation is to encourage them to formulate specific questions to which they wish to find answers.· A problem is a formulated question.· After twenty minutes the groups would be asked to formulate a question to put to the panel.· It might seem that it is sufficient merely to formulate such questions in order to know the answers.· She may not formulate these questions consciously, but her planning and teaching will reflect the influence of these considerations.
· Its aim was to examine scientific evidence on climate change, assess environmental and socio-economic impacts and formulate realistic response strategies.· Now Bishop David wants the fullest participation in formulating the Leeds diocesan response.· It helped to formulate the Institute's response to the Review.
· Panini formulated his rules of language in the Ashtadhyayi.· Trading was halted that day while regulators formulated new rules, and yesterday was the first trading under the new system.· These duties can be formulated as three distinct rules.· The new government's policy document promised a new constitution to replace the one formulated under military rule in 1982.· It is a matter of accurately formulating the fundamental rule of the legal order.
· We are reluctant to accept that rules can be formulated as probabilistic statements.· The Council, it was claimed, might thus better formulate precise statements.
· The researcher is there to help the agency formulate the right strategy and the right advertising solution.· They therefore had decided to wait and see how the operations progressed before attempting to formulate subsequent war strategy.· Its aim was to examine scientific evidence on climate change, assess environmental and socio-economic impacts and formulate realistic response strategies.· The exercise itself actively helps you to formulate your aims and strategy for bargaining.
· One is that it should incorporate Feynman's proposal to formulate quantum theory in terms of a sum over histories.· By the middle of the decade, they had formulated their auteur theory, which gave a new gloss to film studies.· To answer these questions, we have to formulate a theory of the determinants of growth.· A consistent theory of how gravity affects light did not come until 1915, when Einstein formulated the general theory of relativity.· Yet Marx and Engels' determination to formulate general theories eventually made Marxism one of the most successful transnational ideologies.· However, all this was changed when Einstein formulated the general theory of relativity in 1915.· They think, observe, formulate theories, make predictions, and do experiments.
· He then helps the follower into formulating these views into agreed objectives, which are recorded as shown in Table 10.6.· These ideologists were dedicated to formulating correct views of world problems, as a prelude to changing the world.· In formulating a view, it is helpful to examine this in two ways.
VERB· Clinton could challenge his allies to face that difficult reality and begin formulating alternative means for expanding opportunity.· That was when the plan of running away had begun to formulate itself in her mind.
· He then helps the follower into formulating these views into agreed objectives, which are recorded as shown in Table 10.6.· The researcher is there to help the agency formulate the right strategy and the right advertising solution.· Such auxiliary data might, for instance, confirm a suggested explanation or help to formulate a more appropriate rate for some event.· All human occupations must help to formulate a new and acceptable religion.· It helped to formulate the Institute's response to the Review.· The exercise itself actively helps you to formulate your aims and strategy for bargaining.
He formulated Labour Party education policy in 1922.formulate an idea/theory Darwin formulated the theory of natural selection.2to think carefully about what to say, and say it clearly: We are studying the situation but have not formulated any response yet.—formulation /ˌfɔːmjəˈleɪʃən $ ˌfɔːr-/ noun [countable, uncountable]: the formulation of clear objectives