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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  • Yet their willingness to talk, listen, and imagine what had seemed impossible helped lay the groundwork for historic nuclear arms reductions.
    — Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The sense that a resume goes straight into a black box isn’t imagined – applications per job have more than doubled since 2022, and the average company now has 56% fewer recruiters to review them.
    — Owen Humphries, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of imagine
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  • Hawka envisions contemplative, quiet scenes in the countryside, with natural light and a documentary-like approach, contrasted with the noise, intense colors, and chaos of the city.
    — Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • His loneliness is somewhat mitigated by the other sentient AIs he’s uploaded to his mindspace, envisioned by creator Terry Matalas (Syfy’s 12 Monkeys) as a big white house on a purposefully digital green lawn.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of envision
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  • Animal Collective’s Geologist conceived the album at the Joshua Tree observatory of visual artist Kyle Simon, harnessing the power of the moon to record music.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The result was Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, an audacious experiment conceived by Wu-Tang affiliate Cilvaringz under the guidance of RZA.
    — John Kennedy, VIBE.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of conceive
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  • But the spring 2027 shows also saw a focus on more than those two accessories categories.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Expect to see rare bottles pulled from the shelves and all manner of weird and wonderful concoctions offered up from the menu and from their encyclopedic knowledge of drinks.
    — Condé Nast, cntraveler.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of see
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  • The choices are housed in the Atelier Vivier MTO cabinet, a silver console containing the available materials and hardware, while a digital component allows clients to visualize combinations before production begins.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The team’s aim was to visualize the mechanical pressure acting on the petals, similar to cutting carrots to reveal their internal pressure.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of visualize

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“Ideate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideate. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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