ideate

English

Etymology 1

From idea + -ate.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈaɪdieɪt/
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Verb

ideate (third-person singular simple present ideates, present participle ideating, simple past and past participle ideated)

  1. To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
  2. To generate an idea.
    Coordinate terms: brainstorm, innovate; brainchild (rare)
Derived terms
Translations

Adjective

ideate (not comparable)

  1. Produced by an idea.

Etymology 2

Late Latin ideatum. See idea.

Alternative forms

Noun

ideate (plural ideates)

  1. (metaphysics) The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.

Further reading

Italian

Verb

ideate

  1. inflection of ideare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Spanish

Verb

ideate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of idear combined with te
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