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formulation

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noun formulations

  1. countable, uncountable The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula. This is one of the most enlightening theoretical formulations of Bolshevism, from which it appears that the 'rightness' of a historical movement or a state is to be judged by whether its use of violence is successful.
  2. countable, uncountable A particular linguistic construction; a turn of phrase. The formulation with the bare infinitive was somewhat less common.
  3. countable, uncountable A medicinal preparation. If you liked our old shampoo, you'll love the new kinder, gentler formulation.

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Closest in meaning: conceptualization, conceptualisation, expression, preparation, formularising, formularizing, formulate, identification, defining, reference, processing, version, presentation, designed, formalism, creation

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noun act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula

Españolformulación
日本語定式化 teishikika
Portuguêsformulação
Françaisformulation
DeutschFormulierung, Aufgabenstellung, (pharma) Mischung
Italianoformulazione
Românăformulare
Русскийформули́рование formulírovanije

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@misc{formulation_2026,
  title = {formulation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/formulation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}