ideate — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.

2. To generate an idea.

   Examples

   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.

Adjective

1. Produced by an idea.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

Noun

1. The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.

Verb

1. form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

   Synonyms

   imagineconceive ofenvisage

   Broader terms

   create by mental actcreate mentally

   Examples

   Can you conceive of him as the president?