ideate
[ verb ahy-dee-eyt, ahy-dee-eyt; noun ahy-dee-eyt, ahy-dee-it ]
noun
Origin of ideate
1Other words from ideate
- i·de·a·tive [ahy-dee-uh-tiv, ahy-dee-ey-], /aɪˈdi ə tɪv, ˈaɪ diˌeɪ-/, adjective
- un·i·de·at·ed, adjective
- un·i·de·at·ing, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for ideate
ideate
/ (ˈaɪdɪˌeɪt) /
verb
(tr) to form or have an idea of; to imagine or conceive
Origin of ideate
1C17: from Medieval Latin ideat- formed as an idea, from ideare, from Greek idea model, pattern, notion
Derived forms of ideate
- ideation, noun
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