idea meaning
[ ai'diə ] Pronunciation: "idea" in a sentence
- Noun: idea I'deeu
- The content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
"it was not a good idea"
- thought - Your intention; what you intend to do
"the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces"
- mind - A personal view
"he has an idea that we don't like him" - An approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
"a rough idea how long it would take"
- estimate, estimation, approximation - (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
"the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"
- theme, melodic theme, musical theme
Derived forms: ideas
See also: ideal, ideate, psychomotor
Type of: aim, air, calculation, cognitive content, computation, content, design, figuring, intent, intention, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, mental object, opinion, persuasion, purpose, reckoning, sentiment, strain, thought, tune, view
Encyclopedia: Idea
- The content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
[American idiom]
Idea
race against time (1)
1. a rush; rushing to beat a deadline.
• We were in a race against time to beat the deadline.
• It was a race against time, but we made it.
race against time (2)
2. to hurry to beat a deadline.
• We had to race against time to finish before the deadline.
• You don't need to race against time. Take all the time you want.
get a bee in one's bonnet
to get an idea or a thought that remains in one's mind; to get an obsession.
• I have a bee in my bonnet that you'd be a good manager.
• I got a bee in my bonnet about swimming.
I couldn't stop wanting to go swimming.
get a bright idea
for a clever thought or idea to occur (to someone).
• Now and then I get a bright idea.
• John hardly ever gets a bright idea.
• Listen here! I have a bright idea!
get a rough idea (about something) AND get a rough idea (of something)
to receive a general idea; to receive an estimate. {Got can be replaced with have.)
• I need to get a rough idea of how many people will be there.
• I don't need to know exactly. Just get a rough idea.
• Judy has got a rough idea about who'll be there.
• I have a rough idea. That's good enough.
give someone a bright idea
to give someone a clever thought or idea.
• That gives me a bright idea!
• Thank you for giving me a bright idea.
give someone a rough idea (about something) AND give someone a rough idea (of something)
to give someone a general idea or an estimate about something.
• I don't need to know exactly. Just give me a rough idea about how big it should be.
• Let me give you a rough idea about my plan.
[Medicine]
n
1 : an entity (as a thought, concept, sensation, or image) actually or potentially present to consciousness
2 : a formulated thought or opinion
[Computer]
1. <language> Interactive Data Entry/Access.
2. <algorithm> International Data Encryption Algorithm.
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- the man in the street is opposed to this idea.
- he was seized with a sudden idea to do sth.
- he rolled his eyes and hit upon an idea.
- i 'm afraid you have n't a very clear idea either.
- marx 's ideas gave birth to communism.