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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It’s all very silly, but when it’s happening at a million miles an hour and you have to be formulating responses to it, I had to figure out a totally different relationship to the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

The bank denied the Journal’s reporting in January that a top Goldman executive told a few close associates he was formulating a contingency plan in which Ruemmler would leave later this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

It argues the judge "flouted" new guidelines and improperly considered conduct for which Combs had been acquitted when formulating his punishment.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

I could already imagine them formulating a plan.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia