formulation
The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formulaThe act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
» I'm afraid this is an incorrect formulation of the question.
Ich fürchte, die Frage ist falsch formuliert.
Боюсь, что это некорректная постановка вопроса.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
Formulierung, Aufgabenstellung, (pharma) Mischung
формули́рованиеformulírovanije
The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
(countable, uncountable)A particular linguistic construction; a turn of phrase.
The formulation with the bare infinitive was somewhat less common.
(countable, uncountable)A medicinal preparation.
If you liked our old shampoo, you'll love the new kinder, gentler formulation.
- the style of expressing yourself
- a substance prepared according to a formula
- inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally
Examples
4 sentencesI'm afraid this is an incorrect formulation of the question.
ruБоюсь, что это некорректная постановка вопроса.
deIch fürchte, die Frage ist falsch formuliert.
Oleg disagreed with that formulation.
The natural world is always much more complex than formulations in the lab or blueprints in the design office.
Many of the text formulations arouse suspicion that the author failed to mention a reliance on some English source.
deViele Formulierungen des Textes nähren den Verdacht, dass sich der Autor irgendeiner nicht erwähnten englischen Quelle bediente.
Translations
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Forms
plural: formulations| Singular | formulation |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- the style of expressing yourself:expression
- a substance prepared according to a formula:preparation
- inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally:conceptualizationconceptualisation
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable