The Word of the Day for Mar 16 is:
ideate \EYE-dee-ayt\ verb
transitive sense : to form an idea or conception of
*intransitive sense : to form an idea
Example sentence:
"Drawing on typically far-ranging and hands-on experience, designers are prolific in ideating." (Mike Tennity, Design Management Journal, Summer 2003)
Did you know?
Like "idea" and "ideal," "ideate" comes from the Greek verb "idein," which means "to see." The sight-thought connection came courtesy of Plato, the Greek philosopher who based his theory of the ideal on the concept of seeing, claiming that a true philosopher can see the essential nature of things and can recognize their ideal form or state. Early uses of "idea," "ideal," and "ideate" in English were associated with Platonic philosophy; "idea" meant "an archetype" or "a standard of perfection," "ideal" meant "existing as an archetype," and "ideate" referred to forming Platonic ideas. But though "ideate" is tied to ancient philosophy, the word itself is a modern concoction, relatively speaking. It first appeared in English only about 400 years ago.
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
My sentence:
I haven't yet been able to ideate a solution to my current dilemma.
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