Ideate
//ˈaɪdieɪt// adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.
Verb
- 1 To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
- 2 form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case wordnet
- 3 To generate an idea.
"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."
Adjective
- 1 Produced by an idea. not-comparable
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From idea + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology 2
From idea + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Etymology 3
From Late Latin ideatum. See idea.
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