ideate

• 动词，指在头脑中形成想法或概念的过程；思考、构想或发明。

A verb used to indicate the act of forming ideas or concepts in the mind; to think or conceive.

1. Form a conceptC1formal

   To conceive or form a mental image or idea of something not currently present or real.

   形成概念

   • The team gathered to ideate new product features.
   • She spent hours ideating a solution to the complex problem.
   • During the workshop, participants were encouraged to ideate freely.
   • He ideated a fictional world for his novel.

   同义词conceivedevisedream upenvisionformulateimaginethink up

2. Generate creative thoughtsB2informal

   To engage in brainstorming or creative thinking to produce new ideas.

   产生创意

   • Let's ideate some marketing slogans for the campaign.
   • They ideated a list of potential names for the app.
   • I like to ideate while taking a walk.
   • The group ideated dozens of possibilities in under an hour.

   同义词brainstormconceivecontrivecreatedeviseformulateimagineinvent