Ideate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈaɪdieɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Ideate is a verb meaning To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
Meaning
To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
More Meanings
- To generate an idea.
- Produced by an idea.
- (metaphysics) The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.
Example Sentences
Two thousand young men and women from across the country had gathered under canvas tents on a public ground for a weekend of ideating and networking.
Word Forms
- ideates
- ideating
- ideated
- ideat
Synonyms for ideate
Depending on context, synonyms include conceive, envisage, conceptualize, imagine, conceptualise.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include conceive, conceptualize, imagine, envisage, conceptualise, think.
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