formulated
- 1Simple past and past participle of formulate.
The committee formulated new safety guidelines after months of debate.
A clear strategy was formulated to address the funding shortfall.
Note
One spelling does two jobs: the simple past (they formulated a plan) and the past participle that follows have or be. Because formulate is transitive, the passive comes naturally: a strategy was formulated, a carefully formulated reply. The participle also settles into an adjective that takes degree, so more formulated and most formulated are possible, describing ideas given a sharper, more definite shape.
formulated is a form of formulate
formulate, verb: To express an idea, plan, or proposal in a clear and definite form of words. Full entry
- Forms
- formulateformulates he/she/itformulating -ing formformulated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- formulate → formulated: add -d
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