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Recipe

A formulary or prescription for making some combination, mixture, or preparation of materials; a receipt; especially, a prescription for medicine.

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Direction 76% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Instruction 76% connected

The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Formulate 74% connected

To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Formulate 74% connected

To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Formula 92% connected

A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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