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# formulated

«formulated» in Mova's school dictionary: **carefully thought out and put into words or a plan: «a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (past of formulate: formulate, formulates, formulated, formulating); adjective (formulated)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Formulated means carefully thought out and put into words or a plan: «a well-formulated question». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/formulated/#m1)

2) (science) Formulated means made according to a special recipe or formula: «a cream formulated for babies». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/formulated/#m2)

3) (maths) A rule or problem formulated as an equation is written in mathematical form. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/formulated/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and maths: scientists formulated a theory, laws are formulated, a problem is formulated as an equation. In adverts, products are «specially formulated». Phrases: «carefully formulated», «well-formulated», «formulated for».

### examples

- Newton formulated the laws of motion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/formulated/#x1)
- The question was clearly formulated, so it was easy to answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/formulated/#x2)
- This toothpaste is formulated for children's teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/formulated/#x3)
- We formulated a plan to raise money for charity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/formulated/#x4)
- The rule was formulated after a playground accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/formulated/#x5)
- The word problem can be formulated as 3 × 7 = 21. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/formulated/#x6)

### note

Base verb «formulate»; noun «formulation»; «formula» (plural formulas or formulae) is the recipe or maths rule. In adverts «specially formulated» is a selling phrase, not proof.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «formulated» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/formulated/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.