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idea
noun
1 idea
The content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about:
— It was not a good idea.
synonym: thought.
Roget 453:
idea,
notion,
conception,
thought,
apprehension,
impression,
perception,
image,
eidolon [Gr.],
sentiment,
reflection,
observation,
consideration;
abstract idea;
archetype,
formative notion;
guiding conception,
organizing conception;
image in the mind,
regulative principle.
view
etc.
(opinion)
484;
theory
etc.
514;
conceit,
fancy;
phantasy
etc.
(imagination)
515.
point of view
etc.
(aspect)
448;
field of view.
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Roget 32:
smallness
etc.
adj.;
littleness
etc.
(small size)
193;
tenuity;
paucity;
fewness
etc.
(small number)
103;
meanness,
insignificance
(unimportance)
643;
mediocrity,
moderation.
small quantity,
modicum,
trace,
hint,
minimum;
vanishing point;
material point,
atom,
particle,
molecule,
corpuscle,
point,
speck,
dot,
mote,
jot,
iota,
ace;
minutiae,
details;
look,
thought,
idea,
soupcon,
dab,
dight†,
whit,
tittle,
shade,
shadow;
spark,
scintilla,
gleam;
touch,
cast;
grain,
scruple,
granule,
globule,
minim,
sup,
sip,
sop,
spice,
drop,
droplet,
sprinkling,
dash,
morceau†,
screed,
smack,
tinge,
tincture;
inch,
patch,
scantling,
tatter,
cantlet†,
flitter,
gobbet†,
mite,
bit,
morsel,
crumb,
seed,
fritter,
shive†;
snip,
snippet;
snick†,
snack,
snatch,
slip,
scrag†;
chip,
chipping;
shiver,
sliver,
driblet,
clipping,
paring,
shaving,
hair.
nutshell;
thimbleful,
spoonful,
handful,
capful,
mouthful;
fragment;
fraction
etc.
(part)
51;
drop in the ocean.
animalcule
etc.
193.
trifle
etc.
(unimportant thing)
643;
mere nothing,
next to nothing;
hardly anything;
just enough to swear by;
the shadow of a shade.
finiteness,
finite quantity.
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Dutch: gedachte, begrip, denkbeeld, idee
Polish: idea, myśl
2 idea
Your intention; what you intend to do:
— The idea of the game is to capture all the pieces.
synonym: mind.
Dutch: bedenking, gedachte, idee
Polish: ideał, idea
3 idea
4 idea
An approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth:
— A rough idea how long it would take.
synonyms: approximation, estimate, estimation.
Roget 514:
supposition,
assumption,
assumed position,
postulation,
condition,
presupposition,
hypothesis,
blue sky hypothesis,
postulate,
postulatum [Lat.],
theory;
thesis,
theorem;
data;
proposition,
position;
proposal
etc.
(plan)
626;
presumption
etc.
(belief)
484;
divination.
conjecture;
guess,
guesswork,
speculation;
rough guess,
shot,
shot in the dark [Coll.];
conjecturality†;
surmise,
suspicion,
sneaking suspicion;
estimate,
approximation
(nearness)
197.
inkling,
suggestion,
hint,
intimation,
notion,
impression;
bare supposition,
vague supposition,
loose supposition,
loose suggestion.
association of ideas,
(analogy)
514.1;
metonym [Gramm.],
metonymy [Gramm.],
simile
(metaphor)
521.
conceit,
idea,
thought;
original idea,
invention
(imagination)
515.
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Dutch: gissing, raming, schatting
Polish: przybliżenie
5 idea
music Melodic subject of a musical composition:
— The accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it.
synonyms: melodic theme, musical theme, theme.
Dutch: indruk, figuur, thema
Polish: temat, motyw
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