Definitions of idea [ɪˈdi ə, aɪˈdi^ə]

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Definition of 'idea'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) idea
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.

2.  idea
a thought, conception, or notion.

3.  idea
an impression:
Give me a general idea of what happened.

4.  idea
an opinion, view, or belief.

5.  idea
a plan of action; intention:
with the idea of becoming an engineer.

6.  idea
a purpose or guiding principle:
What was the idea of that?

7.  idea
a groundless supposition; fantasy.

8.  idea
Philos.

9.  idea
a concept developed by the mind.

10.  idea
a conception of what is desirable or ought to be; ideal.

11.  idea
(cap.) Platonism.

12.  idea
a musical theme or figure.

13.  idea
Obs.

14.  idea
a likeness.

15.  idea
a mental image.

Etymology: (1400–50; late ME idee < MF < LL < Gk idéā form, kind, sort)

Definition of 'idea'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) idea, thought
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
"it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"

2. (noun) mind, idea
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"

3. (noun) idea
a personal view
"he has an idea that we don't like him"

4. (noun) estimate, estimation, approximation, idea
an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
"an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

5. (noun) theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea
(music) melodic subject of a musical composition
"the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"

Definition of 'idea'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) idea
sth you think of; = thought
I have an idea - let's go to the park.; At first they didn't know what to do. Then Shirley had an idea.

2. idea
an opinion
His ideas about married life are a little old-fashioned.; her interesting ideas on religion

3. idea
understanding or knowledge of sth
He has no idea how to get there.; Can you give me a rough idea of what he looks like.

Definition of 'idea'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) idea
the transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or spiritual

2. (noun) idea
a general notion, or a conception formed by generalization

3. (noun) idea
hence: Any object apprehended, conceived, or thought of, by the mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the real object that is conceived or thought of

4. (noun) idea
a belief, option, or doctrine; a characteristic or controlling principle; as, an essential idea; the idea of development

5. (noun) idea
a plan or purpose of action; intention; design

6. (noun) idea
a rational conception; the complete conception of an object when thought of in all its essential elements or constituents; the necessary metaphysical or constituent attributes and relations, when conceived in the abstract

7. (noun) idea
a fiction object or picture created by the imagination; the same when proposed as a pattern to be copied, or a standard to be reached; one of the archetypes or patterns of created things, conceived by the Platonists to have excited objectively from eternity in the mind of the Deity

Translation of 'idea'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: opinion; belief I have an idea that it won't work.
Afrikaans: idee	Arabic: فِكْرَه	Bulgarian: идея
Brazilian: ideia	Czech: nápad	German: die Meinung
Danish: idé	Greek: γνώμη	Spanish: creencia, impresión
Estonian: arvamus	Farsi: نظر	Finnish: ajatus
French: idée	Hebrew: רַעיוֹן	Hindi: विचार
Croatian: misao	Hungarian: elképzelés	Indonesian: gagasan
Icelandic: hugmynd	Italian: idea	Japanese: 考え
Korean: 생각, 의견	Lithuanian: nuomonė	Latvian: ideja; doma
Malay: idea	Dutch: idee	Norwegian: idé, tanke, forestilling
Polish: przeświadczenie	Persian: نظر	Pashto: مفكوره، عقيده، نقشه، پروژ
Portuguese: ideia	Romanian: idee	Russian: мнение
Slovak: predstava, tušenie	Slovenian: mnenje	Serbian: mišljenje
Swedish: uppfattning,åsikt	Thai: ความคิด	Turkish: fikir, düşünce, görüş
Taiwanese: 意見，想法	Ukrainian: думка, гадка	Urdu: تصور
Vietnamese: quan niệm; ý tưởng	Chinese: 意见
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