See formulate in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To convey in language or words of a particular form:
couch, express, phrase, put, word. See wordsTo devise and set down:
draft, draw up, frame. See wordsTo form a strategy for:
blueprint, cast, chart, conceive, contrive, design, devise, frame, lay1, plan, project, scheme, strategize, work out. (Informal) dope out. Idiom: lay plans. See plannedTo use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving:
concoct, contrive, devise, dream up, fabricate, hatch, invent, make up, think up. (Informal) cook up. Idiom: come up with. See make
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