ideate
English
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈaɪdieɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
editideate (third-person singular simple present ideates, present participle ideating, simple past and past participle ideated)
- To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
- To generate an idea.
- Coordinate terms: brainstorm, innovate; brainchild (rare)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editTo apprehend in thought
Adjective
editideate (not comparable)
- Produced by an idea.
Etymology 2
editLate Latin ideatum. See idea.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editideate (plural ideates)
- (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
edit- “ideate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “ideate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Italian
editVerb
editideate
- inflection of ideare:
Spanish
editVerb
editideate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of idear combined with te
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