formulation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a substance prepared according to a formula
the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine
Types & categories
- chemical compound hypernym
- cleansing agent hyponym
- glycerinated gelatin hyponym
- nebula hyponym
- polish hyponym
- starch hyponym
- smelling salts hyponym
Related & opposite
- formulate derivation
Sense 2 noun
inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally
Types & categories
- creating by mental acts hypernym
- approach hyponym
- framing hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the style of expressing yourself
he suggested a better formulation
Types & categories
- expressive style hypernym
- sentimentalism hyponym
- honorific hyponym
- archaism hyponym
- boilerplate hyponym
- colloquialism hyponym
- idiom hyponym
- Americanism hyponym
- Anglicism hyponym
- wording hyponym
Related & opposite
- phrase derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | formulate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | chemical compound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cleansing agent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | glycerinated gelatin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nebula |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | polish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | starch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | smelling salts |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | formulate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | phrase |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | devise |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conceive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | creating by mental acts |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | approach |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | framing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | phrase |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | expressive style |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sentimentalism |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | honorific |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | archaism |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | boilerplate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | colloquialism |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | idiom |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Americanism |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Anglicism |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wording |