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| i·de·a [ ī d ə ] (plural i·de·as) |
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1. opinion: a personal opinion or belief
  Do you have any ideas on how the problem should be dealt with?
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2. suggestion: a thought to be presented as a suggestion
It was her idea to plant daisies.
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3. impression: an impression or knowledge of something
We have no idea how much it would cost.
They saw us leaving together and got the wrong idea.
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4. plan: a realization of a possible way of doing something or of something to be done
Watching the beaver building its dam gave me an idea.
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5. objective: the objective or purpose of a project or plan
The idea of the new program is to keep young people in school.
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6. brief outline: a summary or the essential concept of something such as a book, report, project, or plan
give you only a broad idea now, with a detailed outline to follow
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7. thought: a thought about or mental picture of something such as a future or possible event
Sometimes the idea of having to speak in public is worse than actually doing it.
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8. concept: a concept that exists in the mind only
discussing the idea of morality
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9. mental image: a mental image that reflects reality
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| [14th century. Via Latin< Greek, "look" < idein "to see"] |
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| ide·a·less adjective |
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get ideas to become ambitious or begin thinking undesirable thoughts (informal)
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have no idea to know nothing at all, especially about a particular subject
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what's the big idea? used, often angrily, to ask about somebody's intention or about what is happening
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