- 1[transitive] ideate something to form an idea of something; to imagine something
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- 2[intransitive] to form ideas; to think
ideate
verbNAmE//ˈaɪdiˌeɪt//
(formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they ideate he / she / it ideates
past simple ideated
-ing form ideating
NAmE//ˌaɪdiˈeɪʃn//
noun [uncountable]See ideate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: ideate