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 summer is an ideal time to launch an independent volunteer project, as the free time away from school allows students to ideate, create a step-by-step plan, and execute on their ideas.
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Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
Our editors discussed this at length when ideating around our 2025 SELF Pantry Awards.
—Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 10 June 2025
While the bride took the lead on ideating the wedding, Michael worked on curating their 34-day honeymoon around Europe that would follow.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2025
While lip is Being Frenshe’s latest iteration of wellness, Jain said Tisdale and the Maesa team are always ideating what could be next.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
Our editors discussed this at length when ideating around our 2025 SELF Pantry Awards.
—Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 10 June 2025
While the bride took the lead on ideating the wedding, Michael worked on curating their 34-day honeymoon around Europe that would follow.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2025
While lip is Being Frenshe’s latest iteration of wellness, Jain said Tisdale and the Maesa team are always ideating what could be next.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideate
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Looking Down On Earth From Orbit After nearly a year in orbit, Marshburn has gained a perspective few of us can imagine.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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In Bezos’ imagined future, Earth is reserved for living and vacationing, perhaps preserved indefinitely as a national park.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Guided in part by virtual world building sessions hosted by the organization in which the public was invited to imagine a future where reparations as a policy has already happened and given way to a culture of repair, six leading Afrofuturist artists envision 2165 Earth.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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City leaders have envisioned more dense, mixed-use development of the area around the southern end of Bristol and in recent years made such updates to Santa Ana’s general plans and zoning.—
Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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Guillermo del Toro, whose Pinocchio was conceived as an ode to the human over the machine, was emphatic on the subject.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Endurance Racers LAT Images The ARX-06 is built to the LMDh ruleset which was conceived by IMSA.—
Sam Abuelsamid,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Lerner says some customers see savings of 30 to 50 percent in their first month.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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This announcement came as a bit of a shock, given The Vampire Diaries actor and Olympic gold medalist had been seen holding hands at an outdoor market as recently as August 31.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
12 Sep. 2025
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The company direction connects those lofty ideas to everyday tasks, helping employees understand how their work contributes to the bigger picture—to visualize the forest.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Those who only fantasized about positive outcomes showed lower systolic blood pressure than those who visualized success and then thought through potential obstacles and backup plans.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Ideate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideate. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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