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formula for vs formula of

Both 'formula for' and 'formula of' are correct and commonly used in English. The choice between them depends on the context in which they are used.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 1321 views

formula for

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'formula for' when referring to the method or procedure for achieving a particular result or outcome.

Examples:

  • The formula for calculating the area of a circle is A = πr^2.
  • She found the perfect formula for success in her business.
  • And I am still fine-tuning the formula for your injections.
  • I've been working on a formula for this.
  • Arthur Benjamin's formula for changing math education
  • It's the formula for a growth accelerant.
  • In an expanding world market, the formula for artificial rubber would be worth... Its weight in gold.
  • Experts have been trying to find this formula for centuries.
  • This is most likely the formula for the drug.
  • J.P. Getty had a formula for success.
  • Come on, you must have some formula for success.
  • It's a formula for solving systems of equations by determinants.
  • It's a formula for paralysis.
  • All EU airports should employ where possible the same formula for charging landing fees and parking fees etc.
  • That is the formula for the future.
  • It is therefore necessary to obtain the formula for this new method.
  • It's a formula for eosin methylthionine chloride.
  • Annex XIX should be amended to include a formula for valuing zero coupon bonds.
  • A Charter for humanitarian aid might be the formula for a greater awareness about this phenomenon.
  • I think, however, that we should elaborate and clarify the formula for these meetings.
  • Only Islam offers a formula for creating a just
  • You see, nowadays we can take a unique and beautiful object, and easily reduce it to a formula for mass production.

Alternatives:

  • method for
  • procedure for
  • way to

formula of

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'formula of' when referring to the composition or ingredients of something, or when indicating possession or association.

Examples:

  • The formula of water is H2O.
  • This is the formula of a successful relationship.
  • I, too, have some doubts about the formula of the Commission.
  • We found the formula of the magic potion.
  • It's believed to be the formula of the all-encompassing energy.
  • amending Decision 2006/784/EC as regards the formula of an authorised method for grading pig carcasses in France
  • The formula of the double is... correct and useful.
  • But I want the formula of your fire-resistant gas.
  • We welcome the formula of advance payment, because this makes it easier for the beneficiary countries to use the funds.
  • It is therefore necessary to allow the inclusion of a certain percentage of feed obtained from first year in-conversion parcels in the feed formula of rations.
  • I hope we shall find a mechanism for establishing that formula of good administrative practice as a European citizens' charter.
  • I fear that without a formula of this kind no definite peaceful settlement will be possible.
  • The formula of the show was what made it what it is.
  • I want a plan of the airship, a formula of the fireproof gas.
  • We have the formula of this potion!
  • All substances entering into the composition of commercial mixtures supplied as raw materials (including directly added preservatives, antioxidants, chelators, buffering agents, solvents, other additives, etc.) are to be identified and quantified in the formula of the finished product.
  • supplemented by additional information, such as the name and/or formula of the dangerous substance or preparation and details of the hazard,
  • Urges the Union to give much greater priority to cultural and educational policy in order to give life to the Constitution's formula of unity in diversity;
  • First of all, I am pleased to have heard the Danish Prime Minister defend the formula of qualified majority and codecision for Community legislation, and I hope that it is all our legislation that he has in mind.
  • I think that, at the moment, this formula of compromise between Parliament, the Council and the Commission could help to solve the problems without us having to resort to the urgent procedure that the Commission originally proposed.
  • supplemented by additional information, such as the name and/or formula of the hazardous substance or mixture and the details of the hazard,
  • If the final result y of measurement in the laboratories is calculated using a formula of the form y = x1

Alternatives:

  • composition of
  • ingredients of
  • possession of

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