ideate

verb

ˈī-dē-ˌāt How to pronounce ideate (audio)
Definition of ideatenext
as in to imagine
to form a mental picture of the psychotic would repeatedly ideate the act of committing murder, and eventually he came to believe his own delusions

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Recent Examples of ideate The series officially launched at Bantam Books in 1979 with The Cave of Time, a book by Edward Packard, who had ideated a novel branching-story concept while telling bedtime stories to his daughters. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 21 May 2026 The actress-turned-media-company owner has long had the grit required to ideate, found, and ultimately sell a near-billion-dollar company that flipped Hollywood’s script on its head. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 17 May 2026 For example, data scientists across the company recently kicked off their own data science community of practice to collectively ideate on use cases. — Rachel Curry, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2026 Computer then ideates subtasks and assigns them to multiple agents as needed, running the models Perplexity deems best for those tasks. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 26 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ideate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideate
  1. imagine
  2. envision
  3. conceive
  4. see
  5. visualize
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  • Our work re-imagines these ancient tombs as theatrical spaces, built to perpetuate a form of metaphysical human experience.
    — Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026
  • But what chance would American soldiers have against a country whose military doctrine has already imagined active resistance in populated areas, backed by citizens who could potentially provide intelligence, surveillance and other forms of support?
    — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of imagine
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  • In the long term, the startup is envisioning a global network of O-factories that would bring manufacturing closer to the major markets of fashion brands.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • So in 1995 — which wound up being the Wildcats’ watershed Rose Bowl season — Northwestern started to envision a big renovation.
    — Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of envision
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  • In 2022, the company launched Independent 20th Century, conceived by Dee, Higgs, and Sofie Scheerlinck, formerly of the TEFAF fair, to focus on art from 1900 to 2000.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • It was conceived and built from the drawing board as a collaborative testbed by three domestic companies.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of conceive
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  • But the argument for Oura’s valuation depends on whether or not investors are seeing it as a single-product hardware maker or something bigger and more expansion potential.
    — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Audiences unaware that Altman is gay might pick up on subtle hints in Garfield’s performance, before Musk jokes about it during a dinner scene or a boyfriend is finally seen well into the film.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of see
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  • Measuring neuronal activity On top of visualizing the brain’s structures and layout, the ability to manipulate electricity has allowed researchers to learn how neurons communicate.
    — Kimberlee D'Ardenne, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Carbon Mapper chief executive Riley Duren, who worked at NASA for 30 years, said the company aims to visualize 90% of methane emissions around the planet eventually.
    — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of visualize

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“Ideate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideate. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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