formulate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
Could you develop the ideas in your thesis
Types & categories
- conjecture hypernym
- mature hyponym
- reformulate hyponym
Related & opposite
- conceptualization derivation
- explication derivation
- develop verb group
- develop verb group
Sense 2 verb
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
excogitate a way to measure the speed of light
Types & categories
- create by mental act hypernym
Related & opposite
- devising derivation
- invention derivation
- devisal derivation
- conceptualization derivation
- invention derivation
- excogitation derivation
- formula derivation
- excogitator derivation
- artificer derivation
- planner derivation
- imaginative derivation
Sense 3 verb
put into words or an expression
He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees
Types & categories
- express hypernym
- ask hyponym
- lexicalize hyponym
- dogmatize hyponym
- formularize hyponym
- couch hyponym
Related & opposite
- conceptualization derivation
- word derivation
- phrase derivation
- word derivation
- formulation derivation
- articulation derivation
- wording derivation
- idiomatic expression derivation
Sense 4 verb
prepare according to a formula
Types & categories
- create from raw material hypernym
Related & opposite
- formula derivation
- recipe derivation
- formulation derivation
- chemistry domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conceptualization |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | explication |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | develop |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | develop |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | conjecture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mature |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reformulate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | devising |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | invention |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | devisal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conceptualization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | invention |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | excogitation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | formula |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | excogitator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | artificer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | planner |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | imaginative |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | create by mental act |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | conceptualization |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | word |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | phrase |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | word |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | formulation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | articulation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | wording |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | idiomatic expression |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | express |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ask |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lexicalize |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dogmatize |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | formularize |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | couch |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | formula |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | recipe |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | formulation |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | create from raw material |