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idea
Found in thesaurus: cognitive content, sentiment, opinion, persuasion, reckoning, calculation, purpose, intention, melodic line, melody, air, tune
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idea
n.
concept, thought; opinion, theory; intention, plan, goal; impression; vague supposition
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Idea
In philosophy, ideas are usually construed as mental representational images of some object. Ideas can also be abstract concepts that do not present as mental images. Many philosophers have considered ideas to be a fundamental ontological category of being. The capacity to create and understand the meaning of ideas is considered to be an essential and defining feature of human beings. In a popular sense, an idea arises in a reflexive, spontaneous manner, even without thinking or serious reflection, for example, when we talk about the idea of a person or a place. A new or original idea can often lead to innovation."
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Idea (disambiguation)
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idea
Noun
1. the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"
(synonym) thought
(hypernym) content, cognitive content, mental object
(hyponym) inspiration
(derivation) imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage
2. a personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him"
(hypernym) opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought
3. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"
(synonym) estimate, estimation, approximation
(hypernym) calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning
(hyponym) guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning
4. your intention; what you intend to do; "he had in mind to see his old teacher"; "the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces"
(synonym) mind
(hypernym) purpose, intent, intention, aim, design
5. (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"
(synonym) theme, melodic theme, musical theme
(hypernym) tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase
(hyponym) motif, motive
(classification) music
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idea
nf.
idea, brainchild; notion, picture; mind, intention; conceit, meaning
ideare
v.
think up, contrive, conceive, design, plan
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idea
nf.
idea, concept, thought; outline, scheme; memory; intention; opinion; belief
idear
v.
think up, dream up; ideate, think; invent, originate; devise, contrive
