formulation

1. 1.

   a substance prepared according to a formula

   “the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine”

   Synonymspreparation

   Broadercompound

   Narrowercleansing agentglycerinated gelatinnebulapolishstarchsmelling salts
2. 2.

   inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally

   Synonymsconceptualizationconceptualisation

   Broadercreating by mental acts

   Narrowerapproachframing
3. 3.

   the style of expressing yourself

   “he suggested a better formulation”

   “his manner of expression showed how much he cared”

   Synonymsexpression

   Broaderexpressive style

   NarrowersentimentalismhonorificarchaismboilerplatecolloquialismparlanceAmericanismAnglicismwording

Other forms of formulation

plural

formulations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about formulation

What does formulation mean?

formulation means "a substance prepared according to a formula". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in formulation?

formulation has 4 syllables: for-mu-la-tion. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /ˌfɔɹmjəˈleɪʃən/.

What is another word for formulation?

Close synonyms include preparation, conceptualization, conceptualisation, expression. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is formulation a common word?

formulation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with formulation?

65 words rhyme with formulation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.