ideate /ˈaɪdieɪt/verb 2adjective 1noun 1forms 3 verb2 •To generate an idea.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. — 2023 •To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize. adjective1 •Produced by an idea. noun1 •The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence. formsideated · ideating · ideates