"ideate" meaning in English

See ideate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈaɪdieɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ideate.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From idea + -ate. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|idea|ate}} idea + -ate Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ideate (not comparable)
  1. Produced by an idea. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ideate-en-adj-97iXjy7m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 31 21 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate: 42 29 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: ideates [plural]
Etymology: Late Latin ideatum. See idea. Etymology templates: {{lena}}, {{der|en|LL.|ideatum}} Late Latin ideatum, {{m|en|idea}} idea Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Metaphysics Synonyms: ideat
    Sense id: en-ideate-en-noun-NQa-EhL- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 31 21 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈaɪdieɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ideate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ideates [present, singular, third-person], ideating [participle, present], ideated [participle, past], ideated [past]
Etymology: From idea + -ate. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|idea|ate}} idea + -ate Head templates: {{en-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. Translations (To apprehend in thought): представям си (predstavjam si) (Bulgarian), idear (Catalan), 形成概念 (Chinese Mandarin), idéer (French), idear (Occitan), idear (Portuguese), idear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ideate-en-verb-7GpiJAlU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 31 21 16 Disambiguation of 'To apprehend in thought': 97 3
  2. To generate an idea.
    Sense id: en-ideate-en-verb-tJ-ylY-c Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 31 21 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ideation, ideational, ideationally, ideative, ideator Related terms: idealize
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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