Idea
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English
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| electronic | sea | necessary | #458: idea | reached | appeared | spoke |
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ιδÎα (idea) "notion, pattern", from ιδείν (idein) "to see".
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Noun
Idea (plural Ideas)
- That which exists in the mind as the result of mental activity; a thought or a concept
- Someone's opinion, belief or conviction that is accepted as true
- An intuitive notion; a feeling or hunch
- A plan or scheme for doing something, or an intention
- (music) A musical theme or melodic subject
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Related terms
- adequate idea
- autochthonous idea
- big idea
- catch-idea
- collective idea
- complex idea
- counter-idea
- fixed idea
- flight of ideas
- god-idea
- ground-idea
- idea box
- idea'd
- ideagenous
- ideaistic
- ideal
- idealess
- idealism
- idealist
- idealistic
- ideality
- idealization
- idealize
- idealless
- ideally
- idealness
- idealty
- idea man
- idea monger
- idea of reference
- idea pot
- ideate
- ideation
- ideational
- ideatum
- ideologist
- ideologue
- ideology
- life-idea
- memory-idea
- mother-idea
- no idea
- one-idea
- received idea
- sense-idea
- simple idea
- very idea
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Translations
that which comes to mind
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Opinion
Hunch
Plan
Musical theme
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Italian
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Etymology
Greek idéa from ideîn
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Noun
idea f (plural: idee)
- idea
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Verb form
idea
- third-person singular indicative present of ideare
- second-person singular imperative of ideare
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Related terms
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Spanish
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Noun
idea f (plural: ideas)
- ideafr:idea
ko:idea io:idea id:idea it:idea hu:idea ja:idea pl:idea fi:idea ta:idea zh:idea