REFORMULATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reformulate mean? 

• REFORMULATE (verb)
  The verb REFORMULATE has 1 sense:

1. formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis

  Familiarity information: REFORMULATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFORMULATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reformulate    ... he / she / it reformulates   
Past simple: reformulated   
Past participle: reformulated   
-ing form: reformulating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

redevelop; reformulate

Hypernyms (to "reformulate" is one way to...):

develop; explicate; formulate (elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

(i) the systematic study of clinical and basic science and its application for the reduction of pain and suffering; (ii) the blending of tools, techniques and principles taken from the discrete healing art disciplines and reformulated as a holistic application for the reduction of pain and suffering; and (iii) a newly emerging discipline emphasizing an interdisciplinary approach with a goal of reduction of pain and suffering.

(Pain Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)