ideate
adjEtymology From idea + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
1
Produced by an idea.
ideate
verbUS /ˈaɪdieɪt/
Etymology From idea + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
1
To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
2
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.2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 358:
- Derived terms
- ideation, ideational, ideationally, ideative, ideator
- Related terms
- idealize