formulating

VERB

plan, specify systematically

Synonyms

STRONGEST

codify define develop devise draft draw up forge map prepare work out

STRONG

coin compose concoct contrive couch detail evolve express frame hatch indite invent make originate particularize phrase put systematize vamp work

WEAK

cook up dream up give form to make up set down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disorganize

STRONG

destroy halt raze ruin stop

Example Sentences

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formulating

But instead of formulating a plan, the suit argued, the officers began yelling at him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Paris and Berlin want "to have a Franco-German roadmap on this issue by September", he said, adding that their economy, finance and foreign ministers had been tasked with formulating the plan.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

You’re not formulating an answer when you’re watching a movie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

The BBC understands UK government officials are also formulating plans to potentially evacuate British nationals from the Middle East, should airspace in the region remain closed.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

People looking up at her—at her smooth pretty vivacious face—had no way of knowing about the painfully articulated resolves formulating in her mind.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith