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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 ideas

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So he compulsively researched ideas and stumbled upon the Passive House concept.
From the dailyherald.com
A remake of it only makes sense to a industry who has no original ideas anymore.
From the washingtontimes.com
What ideas do you have for someone with absolutely no skills or work experience?
From the sacbee.com
Among those ideas were more frequent rate adjustments and a bigger reserve fund.
From the thenewstribune.com
Around the next corner, stem cell research may provide new ideas and approaches.
From the thenewstribune.com
Why can we citizens come up with good ideas but the legislators can't, or won't?
From the ocregister.com
They enjoyed seeing their ideas and those of their friends, come alive on paper.
From the desmoinesregister.com
Again, as Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin made clear, this Congress has other ideas.
From the bostonherald.com
She kept her seat by promoting ideas and solutions and by rebuking partisanship.
From the timesunion.com
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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...