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Adjective: formulated  'formyu`leytud
  1. Devised; developed according to an orderly plan
    "he had well formulated opinions on schooling"
Verb: formulate  'formyu`leyt
  1. Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
    - explicate, develop
     
  2. Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
    - invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, forge
     
  3. Put into words or an expression
    "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
    - give voice, word, phrase, articulate
     
  4. Prepare according to a formula

See also: developed, formula, formulation

Type of: conjecture, create by mental act, create from raw material, create from raw stuff, create mentally, evince, express, hypothecate, hypothesise [Brit], hypothesize, show, speculate, suppose, theorise [Brit], theorize