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i·de·ate (

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v. i·de·at·ed, i·de·at·ing, i·de·ates

v.tr.

To form an idea of; imagine or conceive: "Such characters represent a grotesquely blown-up aspect of an ideal man . . . if not realizable, capable of being ideated" (Anthony Burgess).

v.intr.

To conceive mental images; think.

ide·ation n.

ide·ation·al adj.

ideation

the process of forming ideas. — ideational, adj.

See also: Thinking

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Noun

ideation - the process of forming and relating ideas

cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought process, thought - the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"

Translations

ideation

n → Ideenbildung f; (= imagination) → Vorstellungsvermögen nt

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