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Idea

ʌɪˈdɪə

Idea definitions

noun

Inflections:

idea ideas

a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action

"the idea of linking pay to performance has caught on"

Synonyms:
plan design scheme project proposal proposition suggestion recommendation aim intention objective object purpose end goal target
- a mental impression
  
  "our menu list will give you some idea of how interesting a low-fat diet can be"
- an opinion or belief
  
  "nineteenth-century ideas about drinking"
the aim or purpose

"I took a job with the idea of getting some money together"

Synonyms:
purpose point aim object objective goal intention end end in view design reason use utility sense motive
(in Platonic thought) an eternally existing pattern of which individual things in any class are imperfect copies
- (in Kantian thought) a concept of pure reason, not empirically based in experience