English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪdieɪt/

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.
2. To generate an idea.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Late Latin ideatum. See idea.

Alternative forms

• ideat

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.

External links

• ideate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• ideate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Italian

Verb

ideate

1. second-person plural indicative present of ideare
2. second-person plural imperative of ideare