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ideation

[ahy-dee-ey-shuhn]

i·de·a·tion

[ahy-dee-ey-shuhn]
noun
the process of forming ideas or images.

Origin:
1820–30; ideate + -ion
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ideate (ˈaɪdɪˌeɪt)
 
vb
(tr) to form or have an idea of; to imagine or conceive
 
[C17: from Medieval Latin ideat- formed as an idea, from ideare, from Greek idea model, pattern, notion]
 
ide'ation
 
n

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ideation i·de·a·tion (ī'dē-ā'shən)
n.
The formation of ideas or mental images.


i'de·ate' v.
i'de·a'tion·al adj.

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