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How to pronounce idea in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms melodic theme, musical theme, theme
Type of melodic phrase, melody, air, tune, strain, line, melodic line
Has types motif, motive, statement, variation


the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it.
Type Words
Synonyms approximation, estimate, estimation
Type of computation, calculation, reckoning, figuring
Has types underreckoning, underrating, underestimation, underestimate, scalage, overreckoning, overrating, overestimation, overestimate, shot, guess, guessing, guesstimate, guesswork, guestimate, credit, credit rating, dead reckoning


a rough idea how long it would take.
Type Words
Synonyms thought
Type of mental object, cognitive content, content
Has types whimsy, burden, belief, whim, whimsey, misconception, motif, meaning, kink, notion, keynote, opinion, inspiration, impression, idealization, plan, preoccupation, program, programme, reaction, idealisation, ideal, generalization, generality, generalisation, figment, substance, suggestion, theme, theorem, feeling, construct, conception, concept, cogitation
Derivation ideal, ideate


it was not a good idea.
Type Words
Synonyms mind
Type of aim, intent, design, purpose, intention


the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces.
Type Words
Type of persuasion, thought, opinion, sentiment, view
Has types body image


he has an idea that we don't like him.

Examples of idea

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The presentation was frustrating, the idea is good, but the presentation failed.
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So it would not be a good idea to be on a high protein, low carbohydrate intake.
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I like this idea, it shows the difference between the meanings of the two words.
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It may be a great idea to privatize ALL the schools on LI and let the users pay.
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The Cougars coaching staff had a toss play called but Stennes had a better idea.
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Many insurance policies are purchased with the idea of avoiding fiscal calamity.
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A representative told her the bank had no idea she was working with an attorney.
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Although he's not a co-sponsor of the legislation, Hastings is backing the idea.
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Doty said the commission could reject the idea of digital billboards altogether.
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  • The content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"
  • Mind: 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"
  • A personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him"
  • Estimate: an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"
  • Theme: (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"
  • In the most narrow sense, an idea is just whatever is before the mind when one thinks. Very often, ideas are construed as representational images; i.e. images of some object. In other contexts, ideas are taken to be concepts, although abstract concepts do not necessarily appear as images. ...
  • Idea is the Bee Gees' fifth studio album, and their third international release on the ATCO label in the US and Polydor in the UK. Released in August, 1968 (see 1968 in music), the album sold over a million copies worldwide. ...
  • In cryptography, the International Data Encryption Algorithm (IDEA) is a block cipher designed by James Massey of ETH Zurich and Xuejia Lai and was first described in 1991. As a block cipher, it is also symmetric. The algorithm was intended as a replacement for the Data Encryption Standard. ...
  • According to ancient and medieval science, aether (Greek: u03B1u1F30u03B8u03AEu03C1 aithu0113r), also spelled u00E6ther or ether, also called quintessence, is the material that fills the region of the universe above the terrestrial sphere. The concept of aether was used in several theories to explain several natural phenomena, such as the traveling of light and gravity...