Idea

Word IDEA
Character 4
Hyphenation i de a
Pronunciations /ɑeˈdiə̯/

Definitions and meanings of "Idea"

What do we mean by idea?

Something, such as a thought or conception, that is the product of mental activity. noun

An opinion, conviction, or principle. noun

A plan, purpose, or goal. noun

The gist or significance. noun

A sense that something can happen; a notion or expectation. noun

A theme or motif. noun

In the philosophy of Plato, an archetype of which a corresponding being in phenomenal reality is an imperfect replica. noun

In the philosophy of Kant, a concept of reason that is transcendent but nonempirical. noun

In the philosophy of Hegel, absolute truth; the complete and ultimate product of reason. noun

A mental image of something remembered. noun

Same as imperative idea . noun

. Same as fixed idea . noun

In the Platonic philosophy, and in similar idealistic thought, an archetype, or pure immaterial pattern, of which the individual objects in any one natural class are but the imperfect copies, and by participation in which they have their being: in this sense the word is generally qualified by the adjective Platonic. noun

Socrates, he Parmenides said, I admire the bent of your mind towards philosophy; tell me, now, was this your own distinction between abstract ideas and the things which partake of them? and do you think that there is an idea of likeness apart from the likeness which we possess, or of the one and many, or of the other notions of which Zeno has been speaking? noun

I think that there are such abstract ideas, said Socrates. noun

Parmenides proceeded. And would you also make abstract ideas of the just and the beautiful and the good, and of all that class of notions? noun

Yes, he said, I should. noun

And would you make an abstract idea of man distinct from us and from all other human creatures, or of fire and water? noun

A mental image or picture. noun

An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.

The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal.

The form or shape of something; a quintessential aspect or characteristic.

An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory.

More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking.

A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention.

A purposeful aim or goal; intent

A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression.

A musical theme or melodic subject.

Usually something stupid that pops into your head right before you get hurt. Urban Dictionary

A thought, plan, notion, anything that is conjured up in the brain and sometimes put into action and/or shared with the rest of the crowd. Urban Dictionary

Something which, if considered good, cannot ever be used in a democratic society, the plural of which can only be prevented by joining any major political party. Something which a 'chav' never gets but a human may have when staring down to the bottom of an empty beer glass. Urban Dictionary

A headache with pictures Urban Dictionary

Group of three or more thots/thotties. Urban Dictionary

A headache with pictures. Urban Dictionary

The polite way of calling someone a thot. It is a reference to the similar sounds between thought and thot and acts as a slight devience from the popular phrase. Urban Dictionary

Something that alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity. Urban Dictionary

A musical group from New Jersey that broke up on March 22nd, 2013. Urban Dictionary

The effect of not having any clue of what is going on, or what is happening. May also be a reference to inquire one's ability to think. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Idea

The word "idea" in example sentences

Scratch that "great idea," bit, here's a *stupid idea*: only Internet Explorer.... ❋ Glyn Moody (2008)

Or rather it might be said that an idea, the _big idea_, danced unceremoniously into his brain, and, beginning to take definite and concrete form, chased a score of other smaller ideas through all the thought-channels of his handsome, boyish, well-rounded head. ❋ James R. [pseud.] Driscoll (N/A)

The modern idea lays stress first of all on the _idea_ in music. ❋ Frederick Herman Martens (1903)

It can be got only by a constant obtrusion of a mere idea, the _idea of self_, and of such unsatisfactory ideas as one's right, for instance, to exclude others. ❋ Vernon Lee (1895)

We cannot live intellectually and morally in presence of the idea, say, of a jockey of Degas or one of his ballet girls in contemplation of her shoe, as long as we can live æsthetically in the arrangement of lines and masses and dabs of colour and interlacings of light and shade which translate themselves into this _idea_ of jockey or ballet girl; we are therefore bored, ruffled, or, what is worse, we learn to live on insufficient spiritual rations, and grow anæmic. ❋ Vernon Lee (1895)

Whether then the man and beast be in actual labor or not, the dominant idea in the artist’s mind is that they are or have been laboring; that that is what they stand for, _that idea_ to be presented in the strongest possible way. ❋ Henry Rankin Poore (1899)

"I hadn't the least idea it was so wicked — not the least _idea_. ❋ Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1877)

The main idea is that god is rational and, as such, good. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The main idea is to support the way in which scientists search/browse for resources (e.g. published papers on a particular topic), and to allow them to recall their exploration path to remember the context in which they obtained these resources. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Her main idea is to reinforce tax cuts for Coporations and cut spending/services for the middle class while implementing decreasing revenues as their incomes continue to dwindle. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The main idea is to find a way to make the incentives run towards providing more insurance and more care, and let the market work from there. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The main idea is that the shot-glass will track the amount of liquor in it and report it to other users. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The main idea is that we keep hunting a good buck near his core area without bumping him out. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"This curtain idea is just one of those dreams in the back of my noodle," he explained at the time. ❋ Unknown (2005)

To me it seems that ideas, spirits, and relations are all in their respective kinds the object of human knowledge and subject of discourse; and that the term idea would be improperly extended to signify everything we know or have any notion of. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The main idea is that America is inhospitable to gods. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The main idea is that scientists can abuse their prestige by propounding unscientific banalities outside their field (a point also made by Orwell in a 1945 essay, entitled 'What is Science?'). ❋ Unknown (1994)

With the advance of Philosophy we must revert to that more ancient use of the term idea which confines its extension into the realm of the perceptual to those elements of the sensible presentation which can be reproduced by the conceptual activity of the subject, and which in asserting, for instance, the ideality of ❋ Alexander Philip (N/A)

[dad]: whose stupid fucking idea was this? [son]: [fuck if I know] ❋ OG (2004)

when you get an idea the [lightbulb] [over your head] turns on and [glows] a pretty yellow ❋ Etchasketch (2004)

a. 'That's a [good idea], [Prime] Minister'. b. 'You [swine]!'. ❋ Hedley Clubnobber (2006)

[I have no idea] what to put here, and I [feel good] [about it]. ❋ Yaweh (2005)

[Hey jeremy] look at that idea[Woah] [chad] thats a big idea, man ❋ Jeremiah DeWink (2018)

Fry : " I'm having one of those moments its like a [headache with pictures]." [Leela] : "An idea?" Fry : "[Shakes head]." ❋ Li9uid (2021)

"[Girl], why you dressin like an idea?" ❋ Sparrs46 (2019)

I just had an idea, [or what] [alcoholics] refer to as [a moment of clarity]. ❋ The IRan (2009)

It's [not a] [band it's] an [idea]. ❋ D1nuslamb2.o (2017)

[I have no idea] why [I can't believe it's not butter]! ❋ The Cynical One (2009)

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