idear — meaning in English

English meaning

• contrive verb To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
• devise verb To work out or invent a plan, method, or system through careful thought.
• envision verb To imagine something as a future possibility, often in vivid detail.

Senses

idear is used for these senses in English:

• come up with (idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
• devise (transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).
• envision (transitive) To conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine.
• ideate To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
• think up (idiomatic) To create in one’s mind; to invent.

contrive — full definition

1. verb To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
2. verb To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
3. verb To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.
4. verb To spend (time, or a period).

devise — full definition

1. verb To work out or invent a plan, method, or system through careful thought.
2. verb To leave real estate to someone in a will.

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