Formula - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- directions for making something (syn: recipe)
- a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle
- a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements
- something regarded as a normative example (syn: convention, normal, pattern, rule)
- (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems (syn: rule)
Extra examples
His investment strategy is based on a simple formula.
This has proven to be a winning formula.
The product is made using a secret formula that the company refuses to reveal.
The formula for water is H2O.
There's no formula for a happy marriage.
We're still searching for a peace formula.
There is no magic formula (=a method that is certain to be successful) that will transform sorrow into happiness.
With viewing figures up a million, the programme has a winning formula.
Sugar is represented by the simple formula CHO.
Our products are handmade from traditional formulas.
Other magazines have tried to copy the formula but have never quite cut the mustard.
Our washing powder now has a new improved formula.
He will be racing a Ferrari in this year's Formula One championships.
As a business, they have found a winning formula.
The 2001 Ferrari is arguably the best Formula 1 car on the grid.
Word forms
singular: formula
plural: formulas or formulae
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