Definition of ideate Ideate
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We found 8 definitions of ideate from 4 different sources.
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What does ideate mean?
WordNet
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| ideate - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" | ||
| imagine, conceive of, envisage | ||
| create by mental act, create mentally create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands | ||
| envision, fancy, image, picture, visualise, visualize, figure, project, see picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President" | ||
| visualise, visualize make visible; "With this machine, ultrasound can be visualized" | ||
| envision, foresee picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President" | ||
| fantasise, fantasize portray in the mind; "he is fantasizing the ideal wife" | ||
| prefigure imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured" | ||
| think bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam" | ||
| fantasy, fantasise, fantasize indulge in fantasies; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company" | ||
| woolgather, daydream, dream, stargaze have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake; "She looked out the window, daydreaming" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ideate (n.)
The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence. - ideate (v. t.)
To form in idea; to fancy. - ideate (v. t.)
To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
Part of speech
🔤- ideate, verb, present, 1st person singular of ideate (infinitive).
- ideate, verb (infinitive).
