formulate

elaborar, formular

Crear algo eligiendo y combinando cuidadosamente sus partes.

En inglés sencillo: To create something by carefully choosing and combining its parts.

• We need to formulate a plan.
• The company formulated a shampoo for dry hair.
• Officials are formulating a new housing policy.

Cómo se usa: formulate something for someone/something (They formulated a cream for sensitive skin.)

Sinónimos: develop, devise, create

Expresiones frecuentes: formulate a plan, formulate a policy, formulate a product

formular, expresar

Expresar una idea o un problema de forma clara y exacta, a veces con símbolos matemáticos.

En inglés sencillo: To express an idea or problem in a clear, exact way, sometimes using mathematical symbols.

• Try to formulate your question clearly.
• He formulated the problem as an equation.
• The researchers formulated a precise statement of their hypothesis.

Cómo se usa: formulate something as something (We formulated the problem as a simple equation.); formulate something in terms of something (She formulated the question in terms of costs and benefits.)

Sinónimos: express, state, put into words

Expresiones frecuentes: formulate a problem, formulate a question, formulate something as something