Synonyms for formulate
ˈfɔr myəˌleɪtfor·mu·late

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1. explicate, formulate, developverb

   elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

   "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"

   Synonyms:
   rise, grow, educate, produce, explain, train, acquire, invent, explicate, make grow, develop, excogitate, evolve, arise, germinate, articulate, devise, break, modernise, spring up, phrase, build up, get, originate, give voice, contrive, word, forge, uprise, modernize, recrudesce, prepare

2. invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forgeverb

   come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

   "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

   Synonyms:
   excogitate, ruminate, work, fake, prepare, make up, develop, contemplate, muse, get up, organize, fabricate, forge, plan, speculate, throw, cast, mull over, think over, form, mould, invent, word, manufacture, mull, explicate, reflect, fashion, articulate, spirt, cook up, organise, meditate, hammer, counterfeit, chew over, contrive, shape, phrase, ponder, spurt, give voice, project, design, machinate, devise, mold

3. give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulateverb

   put into words or an expression

   "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"

   Synonyms:
   sound out, devise, enounce, explicate, say, develop, excogitate, enunciate, articulate, joint, phrase, pronounce, vocalise, invent, contrive, vocalize, word, forge, give voice

4. formulateverb

   prepare according to a formula

   Synonyms:
   phrase, devise, explicate, invent, word, excogitate, forge, articulate, give voice, contrive, develop

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1. List of paraphrases for "formulate":

   formulating, formulation, develop, make, enacted, articulate, devise, elaboration, elaborate, formula, prepare, drafting, design

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1. Tylee Ryan:

   Im so upset, I cant even tell you. I cant even tell you how much my feelings hurt, i dont have words to formulate for you. I dont.I have so much anger. ... I have so many things that I want to ask you. I have so many things that I just want to put into place and I have a million other people who want the same thing and it just sucks.

2. Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell:

   If trading is at nanoseconds, there won’t be a lot of 'fundamental' news to trade on or much time to formulate views about the long-run value of an asset; instead, trading at these speeds can become a game played against order books and the market rules.

3. De Souza:

   We did this study as one in (a) series of papers we are working on to assess the effects of pulses on blood pressure, blood cholesterol, body weight, and appetite control to help guidelines committees to better formulate dietary advice.

4. C. Wright Mills:

   Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.

5. Michael Bloomberg:

   Hopefully our deliberations will be helpful to you as you formulate climate policy.