| verb | elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses “Could you develop the ideas in your thesis” |
| verb | come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort “excogitate a way to measure the speed of light” |
| verb | put into words or an expression “He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees” |
| verb | prepare according to a formula |
| explication | noun | a detailed explanation of the meaning of something |
| formulation | noun | inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally |
| inventive | adjective | (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action; ; - Lewis Mumford |
| invention | noun | the creation of something in the mind |
| inventor | noun | someone who is the first to think of or make something |
| contrivance | noun | the act of devising something |
| deviser | noun | a person who makes plans |
| devising | noun | the act that results in something coming to be |
| devisal | noun | the act of devising something |
| excogitation | noun | the creation of something in the mind |
| excogitator | noun | a thinker who considers carefully and thoroughly |
| formula | noun | a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle |
| word | noun | a brief statement |
| wording | noun | the manner in which something is expressed in words; - G.S.Patton |
| phrase | noun | an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up |
| phrasing | noun | the manner in which something is expressed in words; - G.S.Patton |
| articulation | noun | expressing in coherent verbal form |