formulating
Putting together carefully
Formulating is the process of creating or developing something systematically—a plan, theory, policy, or mixture.
Scientists formulate hypotheses; diplomats formulate agreements; pharmacists formulate compounds.
The word suggests careful, deliberate construction: She spent months formulating her response to the accusations.
To be formulating is to be working something out, often before announcing it.
Creating through thought
- developingBecoming more advanced
- craftingSkillful manual creation
- constructingActively assembling or building
- composingCreating musical works
designing · concocting · inventing · originating · shaping · producing · generating · forging
Forming mental representations
- theorizingForming unproven explanations
- hypothesizingProposing untested explanations
- envisioningForming mental pictures
- ideatingForming mental concepts
brainstorming · abstracting · speculating · conjecturing · imagining · reasoning · postulating · proposing
Formulating tactical approaches
- outliningTracing outer contours
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
- plottingDevising a secret plan
- schemingCrafty and calculating
blueprinting · structuring · organizing · arranging · choreographing · projecting · forecasting · scheduling
Combining elements into unity
- compoundingElements merging progressively
- mixingCombining into one mass
- analyzingExamining in detail
- testingExamining to evaluate
experimenting · calibrating · diluting · titrating · standardizing · preparing · developing · refining
Combining into one mass
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- combiningJoining multiple elements
- measuringDetermining size or amount
- proportioningDividing into shares
compounding · preparing · concocting · creating · developing · testing · adjusting · balancing
devising
Creating through thought
- developingBecoming more advanced
- craftingSkillful manual creation
- constructingActively assembling or building
composing · designing · concocting · inventing · originating · shaping · producing · generating · forging · drafting
conceptualizing
Forming mental representations
- theorizingForming unproven explanations
- hypothesizingProposing untested explanations
- envisioningForming mental pictures
ideating · brainstorming · abstracting · speculating · conjecturing · imagining · reasoning · postulating · proposing · thinking through
strategizing
Formulating tactical approaches
scheming · blueprinting · structuring · organizing · arranging · choreographing · projecting · forecasting · scheduling · coordinating
synthesizing
Combining elements into unity
- compoundingElements merging progressively
- mixingCombining into one mass
- analyzingExamining in detail
testing · experimenting · calibrating · diluting · titrating · standardizing · preparing · developing · refining · stabilizing
mixing
Combining into one mass
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- combiningJoining multiple elements
- measuringDetermining size or amount
proportioning · compounding · preparing · concocting · creating · developing · testing · adjusting · balancing · infusing
- math operationsaddition, adding, subtraction, subtracting, multiplication
- imaginingimagining, visualizing, envisioning, picturing, conceiving
- conjecturinghypothesizing, theorizing, speculating, conjecturing, supposing
formulatingdestroying
Causing complete ruin
demolishing · dismantling · undoing · abolishing · annihilating
formulatingimprovising
Creating spontaneously without plan
winging it · ad-libbing · extemporizing · freestyling · reacting
formulatingdisorganizing
Destroying orderly arrangement
jumbling · scrambling · muddling · confusing · garbling