English

rank|electronic|sea|necessary|458|idea|reached|appeared|spoke

Etymology
From AGr. polytonic|ἰδέα (idea) "notion, pattern", from polytonic|ἰδε�ν (idein) "to see".

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/aɪ�dɪ�/
(General American|US) IPA|/aɪ�di��/
audio|en-us-idea.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

1. That which exists in the mind as the result of mental activity; a thought or a concept

#: Ideas won't go to jail.�A. Whitney Griswold (1952)

1. Someone's opinion, belief or conviction that is accepted as true
2. An intuitive notion; a feeling or hunch
3. A plan or scheme for doing something, or an intention
4. music A musical theme or melodic subject

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Derived terms
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idea'd
ideaistic
idea man
idea monger
idea of reference
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idea pot
ideate
ideatum
life-idea
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memory-idea
mother-idea
no idea
one-idea
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received idea
sense-idea
simple idea
the very idea
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Translations
trans-top|that which comes to mind
Afrikaans: idee
Czech: nápad m
Dutch: idee n, ingeving f, gedachte f
Ewe: susu n
Finnish: idea
French: idée f
German: Idee f, Ahnung f
Greek: ιδέα f
Hebrew: רע��� (Ra'ayon) m
Hindi: वि�ार (vichaar)
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Hungarian: t|hu|ötlet
Interlingua: idea#Interlingua|idea
Italian: idea f
Japanese: �����(Chyakusou)
Korean: ko-inline|��|saenggak
Kurdish: KUchar|ب�ر��ا
Polish: idea f, pomys� m
Portuguese: idéia f
Romanian: t+|ro|idee f
Spanish: t+|es|idea f
Swedish: idé, tanke
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trans-top|Opinion
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Romanian: t|ro|p�rere f
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trans-top|Hunch
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Romanian: t|ro|b�nuial� f
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trans-top|Plan
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Romanian: t+|ro|idee f
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trans-top|Musical theme
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trans-top|to be checked
ttbc|Mongolian: �анаа (sanaa)
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Italian

Etymology
Greek idéa from ideîn

Noun
it-noun|ide|f|a|e

1. idea#English|idea

Verb
idea

1. third-person singular present tense of ideare
2. second-person singular imperative of ideare

Related terms
ideale
ideare
ideazione
ideo-

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Spanish

Etymology
Compare Portuguese ideia

Noun
idea f (plural: ideas)

1. idea

Category:Greek derivations
Category:Spanish nouns
Category:Thinking

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