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🥩 Soaking food 💡 Letting ideas develop
marination

marination

7.5
A time to let an idea or plan grow before you act
  • noun
  • /ˌmɛrəˈneɪʃən/
translation icon : maduración
  • The team's plan went through a marination period, enabling them to refine their strategy before the presentation.

We think that, you know, being constantly busy without having to pause the meandering of thought, the marination in the moment.

Examples

  • She advocated for more marination time for their initial idea, believing it would lead to a better project outcome.

  • We think that, you know, being constantly busy without having to pause the meandering of thought, the marination in the moment.

    Big Think

  • Before making a final decision, he allowed for the marination of his thoughts over the weekend.

Synonyms

ideation
vsmarination
  • Jargon
6 7.9

To think of new plans or solutions for a problem

is a period of waiting to let ideas change or be reconsidered before acting
rumination
vsmarination
5 7.4

Long, careful thinking about something

is a passive time allowed for ideas to develop rather than active thinking
gestation
vsmarination
  • Formal
2 6.8

The time when an idea grows in the mind before it is ready

emphasizes a waiting period for reconsideration before action rather than formation
predeliberation
vsmarination
9.2

A meeting where people discuss a topic before making an official decision

is a more general waiting period for ideas to develop before action

How Long

delay
434 1.3
marination
7.5
to pause
346 1.0
moment
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

marination singular
marinations plural

Morphology

marination = marinate (semi-transparent) = marinate + ion

This sense is a metaphorical extension of the cooking process ('letting something marinate' = letting it develop), so the relation to the base is understandable but not purely compositional.

Etymology

Marination for ideas uses the same image as food marinating: the root marin- and the word marinade mean 'sea' and to 'soak' food. A helpful way to remember this sense is to think of an idea 'soaking' in your mind like meat in a sauce, so marination can mean giving a thought time to develop before you act.