Idea
Meanings and phrases
idea
- the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; thought
- your intention; what you intend to do; mind
- an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; estimate; estimation; approximation
- a personal view
- (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; theme; melodic theme; musical theme
n.
- an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence; preconception; prepossession; parti pris; preconceived opinion; preconceived notion
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- Sullivan apparently had no idea who McCartney was.
- No reasoning about things whereof we have no idea.
- I had no idea that this was all in store for me.
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- The idea behind Aptoide came from different sources.
- The word fits very well with the whole idea behind this album.
- Scott Savage came up with the name and idea behind the 4 horsemen.
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- The original idea was for House to use a wheelchair, but Fox rejected this.
- Jake went last, he used Cameron's original idea of going very fast to avoid wobbling.
- While he considered altering the ending, he eventually settled with his original idea.
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- Berlin and its decadence was a good idea.
- Whether introducing the plant was a good idea is contentious.
- I think premarital sex is a good idea.
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- William Dieterle, who conceived the idea, was president.
- In February 1993, Wahed and Sarfaraz conceived the idea of forming a metal band.
- Peyroux conceived the idea of resettling the exiled Acadians in Spanish Louisiana.
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- The two practiced some lifts together but her parents rejected the idea.
- Although this was supported by Themptander, Parliament rejected the idea.
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- Initially, the idea of using ultrasound imaging was met with resistance.
- Harry borrows her idea of using power sockets and chains for electricity.
- The idea of using filmmaker John Waters as a guest star had been around for a while.
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- Markus Riese had the basic idea for the Birdy in 1992.
- That was the basic idea about all of it.
- "The basic idea is that it's O.K.
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- At times I didn't have any idea what I was doing out there."
- We have no idea what this group is."
- She had no idea what had happened.
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- The idea of creating larger league was discussed early in 1951.
- "We came up with this idea of creating a fake nation behind this album.
- This is how the idea of creating a place for children with disabilities was born.
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- This is where he got the idea of packing meat.
- Seba also dresses all in red, which is where Mr. Crepsley got the idea.
- Miller got the idea for the movie when his daughter Savannah was a toddler.
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- And this idea of what's 'Asian' in America today, is it racist?
- Restoration has worked to create an idea of what the original home was like.
- In broad terms, each MSC represented an idea of what scale, technology, missions, etc.
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- We have no idea what this group is."
- She had no idea what had happened.
- I have no idea what is happening.
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- Curtis developed the idea in 1999 as an art oriented recording project.
- Thompson developed the idea into a separate series as MTEG and concentrated on stadiums / arenas.
- Igor developed the idea of undermining the cave, so that the Jungle will collapse and be flooded.
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- "Times" columnist Harry A. Williams supported the idea of a league.
- Also it designed its own flag and supported the idea of independent Macedonian state.
- He supported the idea of paying MPs a salary, as an alternative to their funding by unions.
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- He proposed the idea to Lance, who agreed.
- Tatishchev announced that he had proposed the idea to von Strahlenberg.
- Yet when he proposed the idea to his cardinals, it was almost unanimously opposed.
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- Greg didn't like the idea of having to do chores to earn batteries.
- The idea of having a fully residential school in Sabah was initiated in 1970s.
- The idea of having a driver's license was something that Appel dreamed about when he was younger.
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- Another idea came from a poster at a Zoo Records office.
- It has been given up, but the idea came up again in 2007.
- The idea came out of necessity, however.
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- Liu was therefore arguing against the idea that Hua was and is superior to Yi.
- In particular, they wrote refutations against the idea of the transmutation of metals.
- In effect, deist authors carried out an intellectual war against the idea of revelation.
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- a lab) to another, which was a rather new idea at the time.
- Mandelbrot, however, never felt he was inventing a new idea.
- A new idea taken over from still photography was "soft focus".
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- The main idea was to give the ferry boat a private yacht look.
- The main idea was to teach math as part of a storyline within a narrated slideshow.
- The main idea of the subject is to design efficient and reliable methods of data transmission.
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- I liked the idea of getting rid of the credits at the beginning of the movie.
- Smith liked the idea and West Sussex County Council officially recognised the day in 2007.
- MeccaWorld liked the idea of meeting interesting and strange creatures just like in the novel.
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- He is credited with the initial idea that there should be a university in Bristol.
- The initial idea of a team-owned regional sports network was first proposed in 1999.
- The initial idea for the project dates back to 1996, with construction beginning in 1998.
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- Unfortunately many other people have the same idea.
- The same idea is sometimes used in collaborative software, e.g.
- The same idea was used decades later to produce digital computers.
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- Tannenbaum first introduced the idea of 'tagging'.
- This paradigm introduced the idea of an "execution window".
- This edition introduced the idea of easily created and disposable characters.
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- 84% opposed the idea of making a new offer.
- The idea of making a film on identity loss due to migration was a childhood dream of the director.
- Kumar got the idea of making a film based on the Bhopal disaster after he read a book based on it.
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- Archaeological studies support the idea that Boquete's history started around the years 300 AC to 600 BC.
- 69% support the idea of ratifying the results of this hypothetical multiparty dialogue through a referendum.
- However, the observational evidence began to support the idea that the universe evolved from a hot dense state.
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- I have no idea how to fly a plane.
- "I find myself on a rock, with no idea how I've been there", she told Fuse.
- Pete, watching her perform to a capacity crowd, gets an idea how to save the circus.
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- Solano, on the first day of signing, promoted the idea of "Are You Coming To Pools?"
- Nevertheless, the executioner James Berry promoted the idea that Bury was the Ripper.
- After the Revolution, Soviet propaganda promoted the idea that Vezdekhod was the first tank.
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- Many people do, however, share a general idea of music.
- This sutta "gives a good general idea of the Buddha's Teaching:"
- The general idea and production of the musical was made by Rial and Archimó.
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- He pitched the idea to the head of Barclays Bank over a pink gin.
- Wood pitched the idea of a series of erotic comic novels to his publishers at Sphere paperbacks.
- Hubbard pitched the idea to the National Film Board and the response was immediately supportive.
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- The idea of building a theatre was put forward in spring 1902.
- The idea of building a palisade was renewed around 1623, following the Indian Massacre of 1622.
- The idea of building a tunnel under the Irish Sea has been raised since 1895, when it was first investigated.
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- At first, he tried to make a Fortran compiler, but soon gave up the idea.
- Murray gave up the idea of competing professionally as she was homesick and was robbed in Barcelona.
- In 1996, Razor became active again by way of Bob Reid, who brought up the idea of reforming the band.
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- In his view, the second theme, in A flat major, "gives a good idea of how far Fauré had come since 1880".
- An example given is of Arthur working at a liquor store to get an idea of how to set up his own business.
- The police got a good idea of how the murder had been committed but never got close to finding the murderers.
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- 84% opposed the idea of making a new offer.
- Zhangsun repeatedly opposed the idea, and Emperor Taizong did not carry this out.
- Many of those present opposed the idea, including influential Quakers James and Lucretia Mott.
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- "The Windows Phone 7 was built around the idea that the end user is king.
- AliOS revolves around the idea of bringing cloud functionality to smart devices.
- During this time, his philosophy centered around the idea that imagination was the fundamental reality of the universe.
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- I have no idea how to fly a plane.
- "I find myself on a rock, with no idea how I've been there", she told Fuse.
- Nowadays, the vast majority of drivers have no idea how much intervention is happening.
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- Rex initially thinks drawing a new bath is a bad idea, but after recalling Mr.
- Cheri has her doubts, thinking it's a bad idea for Alex to be interested in a "civilian" (someone not in the biz).
- Spence D. of IGN Music, felt that Beyoncé's rapping in the song was a "bad idea" and described the song as "awkward, [and] horribly dated."
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- The central idea of green politics is sustainable development.
- This led to the central idea that “Only the best is good enough”.
- The central idea of "cogito, ergo sum" is also the topic of Mandukya Upanishad.
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- The whole idea is to be constantly updating.
- The word fits very well with the whole idea behind this album.
- He is accompanied by Surly, a sceptic and debunker of the whole idea of alchemy.
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- Dismayed at their failure, they abandoned the idea of suicide.
- Later, because of French involvement in Mexico, he abandoned the idea.
- At the 1939 18th Congress, Stalin abandoned the idea that the state would wither away.
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- This argument supports the idea of class-based affirmative action.
- This clearly supports the idea that cytokinins play a big role in hydrotropic response.
- This supports the idea that post-transcriptional mechanisms may influence the levels of "NF1" transcript.
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- "And I thought that it was a great idea.
- But that's a great idea, actually!
- In a 2012 interview, Coleman recalled: I thought it was a great idea.
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- The title was "a play upon the idea of western civilization being "enlightened"".
- I hit upon the idea of a chocolate bar dispenser, but replacing chocolate with cash.""
- In Confucianism, the concept of "li" is closely related to "yì" (), which is based upon the idea of reciprocity.
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- Then the idea of establishing a sports club was put in motion.
- At this time, the idea of establishing the battalion started to become a reality.
- As well as his interest in eugenics, Laughlin was fascinated by the idea of establishing a world government.
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- The idea to create a swimming pool was made in 50’s and first works began in 1953.
- In 1998, the scene began to grow, the idea to create a collectively run venue in the spirit of 924 Gilman or ABC-No-Rio was hatched.
- At the end of the 1950s, Pierre Grouès, a medical philanthropist, had the idea to create a skiing resort to develop the attractiveness of the village.
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- Insull would actively promote the idea of a regulated monopoly because of the high cost of electrical infrastructure.
- Hays' ubiquitous newspaper illustrations helped promote the idea of the 1920s and 1930s fashion style known as the flapper.
- The ECLO regularly cooperated with EU projects to promote the idea of sustainable learning, conceptualizing projects, and disseminating its results.
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- She thus rejects the idea of chosenness as unethical.
- Adichie rejects the idea of the manifesto as "a parenting book."
- Also Dōgen rejects the idea that practice is a means to the goal of enlightenment.
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- Victor Meyer suggested the idea of determining the types of alcohol i.e.
- Eventually, Miller suggested the idea that Dani would go to see the younger Grace.
- In 1946, Dennis Gabor suggested the idea of using a granular system to produce sound.
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- The very idea of the fabrication of a new government, is enough to fill us with disgust and horror.
- Frances Marsh started Norwood on the very idea that a school should stand for and teach a core set of values.
- Deiphobe Deiphobe may refer to Also refers to the fear or outright disgust of the very idea of a higher power.
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- However, the Japanese surrendered and the idea was abandoned.
- The idea was abandoned after feasibility studies failed to prove it was possible.
- However this idea was abandoned following the emergence of the Ulster Senior League.
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- Their idea was not to make of France an antisemitic country.
- The idea was not to injure anybody, but only create a scare.
- Though Hutton believed in uniformitarianism, the idea was not widely accepted at the time.
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- The idea to make bacon spreadable came from a customer's request.
- When obtaining rights to a play or musical, it is also a good idea to make sure the chain of title is intact.
- In 1923, historian Doane Robinson had developed an idea to make a gigantic sculpture on the Black Hills of South Dakota.
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- They even discussed the idea of some sort of confederation with West Germany.
- In early 1967, Rafi and Menachem Begin's Gahal party discussed the idea of forming a center-right coalition to challenge Mapai.
- During the first few meetings of the organisation, the members discussed the idea that Hinduism was in danger, and needed to be defended.
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- In February 1993, Wahed and Sarfaraz conceived the idea of forming a metal band.
- Strauss also argues that in a sense Burke's theory could be seen as opposing the very idea of forming such philosophies.
- The idea of forming the ÚNRV had been launched by the underground leadership of the Communist Party of Slovakia in late 1941.
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- The designers built the Kuraza on the idea that all luxury passengers should be treated equally.
- This spawned the idea that all seats in the luxury vehicle will be equally as comfortable in all dimensions.
- Having the Knight go first gives one the idea that all will tell their stories by class, with the Monk following the Knight.
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- However, many distributists reject the idea of eliminating social security.
- Consequently, they reject the idea that contractualists or egoists could be ethical objectivists.
- Some authors have speculated that Ælle may have led the Saxon forces at this battle, while others reject the idea out of hand.