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Formulae vs Formulate - What's the difference?

formulae | formulate |

As a noun formulae

is (formula).

As a verb formulate is

to reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

formulae

English

Alternative forms

* , formulas

Noun

(head)
  • (formula)
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    formulate

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Verb

  • To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.
  • *
  • Another source of evidence supporting the conclusion that children learn language by formulating a set of rules comes from the errors'' that they produce. A case in point are overgeneralized past tense forms like ''comed'', ''goed'', ''seed'', ''buyed'', ''bringed , etc. frequently used by young children. [...]