MEANING
To formulate a statement, plan or substance in a different way.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- reformulate a question
- reformulate a proposal
On the page
The researcher reformulated the question so it could be tested.
The proposal was reformulated to make its conditions explicit.
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Word forms
- Base
- reformulate
- Past tense
- reformulated
- Past participle
- reformulated
- Present participle
- reformulating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- reformulate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reformulating
- Present perfect
- have/has reformulated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reformulating
- Past
- reformulated
- Past continuous
- was/were reformulating
- Past perfect
- had reformulated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reformulating
- Future
- will reformulate
- Future continuous
- will be reformulating
- Future perfect
- will have reformulated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reformulating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: reformulate; reformulates; reformulated; reformulated; reformulating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: renewed assessment, explicit formulation, classification and framing. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: reformulates.
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