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idea

[ahy-dee-uh, ahy-deeuh] / aɪˈdi ə, aɪˈdiə /


Usage

What are other ways to say idea? The noun idea, although it may refer to thoughts of any degree of seriousness or triviality, is commonly used for mental concepts considered more important or elaborate: We pondered the idea of the fourth dimension. The idea of his arrival frightened me. Thought, which reflects its primary emphasis on the mental process, may denote any concept except the more weighty and elaborate ones: I welcomed his thoughts on the subject. A thought came to him. Conception suggests a thought that seems complete, individual, recent, or somewhat intricate: The architect's conception delighted them. Notion suggests a fleeting, vague, or imperfect thought: a bare notion of how to proceed.

Example Sentences

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Other ideas suggest Psyche may have formed as a metal-rich object from the start, or that it became a mix of rock and metal after repeated impacts with other asteroids.

From Science Daily

“The idea is to bring in more entrants, more commercial solutions,” McGinn said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The most successful of them all, Henry Singleton’s Teledyne, then turned around when investors soured on the idea and sold most of them, buying back its own shares cheaply.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The idea that no one works at the end of it is the bit that doesn't hold any water with me," he said.

From Barron's

An idea will please some, but not others.

From BBC