formulate

élaborer, formuler

Créer quelque chose en choisissant et en combinant soigneusement ses éléments.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : formulate something for someone/something (They formulated a cream for sensitive skin.)

Synonymes : develop, devise, create

Expressions courantes : formulate a plan, formulate a policy, formulate a product

formuler, énoncer

Exprimer clairement et précisément une idée ou un problème, parfois à l’aide de symboles mathématiques.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : 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.)

Synonymes : express, state, put into words

Expressions courantes : formulate a problem, formulate a question, formulate something as something