See formulate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sformuljuváty",
"sense": "to reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сформулюва́ти"
}
],
"word": "formulate"
}
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