Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with formulate in American Collocation
formulate
verb
transitive
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
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/ˈfɔrmjəˌleɪt/
carefully
carefully
clearly
correctly
precisely
properly
They will have to carefully formulate their strategy to ensure that their constituents’ needs are addressed.
These ideals must be clearly formulated and put across carefully.
recently/at first
initially
newly
originally
The idea was originally formulated by mathematician A.W.Tucker.
Each policy which has been newly formulated has had appropriate consultation.
plan
plan
policy
proposal
recommendation
strategy
The government will need to formulate a plan to deal with this extra waste.
theory or idea
argument
concept
doctrine
hypothesis
opinion
problem
proposition
theory
Care and thought must be exercised in formulating the problem.
Isaac Newton formulated the theory of universal gravitation.
question or statement
idea
query
question
reply
response
statement
It will help you formulate questions you want the lecturer to answer.
rule or guidelines
criteria
guidelines
law
model
principle
rule
One doesn’t make wars less likely to happen by formulating rules of warfare.