English > ideate: 1 sense > verb 1, creationMeaning | form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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Synonyms | imagine, conceive of, envisage |
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Narrower | dream, daydream, woolgather, stargaze | Have a daydream |
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envision, foresee | picture to oneself |
fantasize, fantasise | Portray in the mind |
fantasy, fantasize, fantasise | indulge in fantasies |
prefigure | imagine or consider beforehand |
think | imagine or visualize / visualize |
visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image | imagine |
visualize, visualise | form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract |
Broader | create by mental act, create mentally | Create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands |
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Spanish | concebir, imaginar, pensar, prever |
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Catalan | afigurar-se, concebre, imaginar-se, imaginar |
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Nouns | idea | the content of cognition |
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ideation | the process of forming and relating ideas |