idea

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2 فلسفه:: ایده

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1 general::   noun plan/suggestion ADJ. bright, brilliant, clever, excellent, good, great, marvellous | valuable, worthwhile | exciting, inspirational, interesting, stimulating | constructive, positive | creative, imaginative, innovative, original | wacky | big The latest big idea is to make women more interested in sport. | alternative Group counselling is used as an alternative idea to punishment. | fresh, new | absurd, bad, mistaken, ridiculous | crackpot, crazy, mad, outlandish, wild | half-baked | ambitious, big, grand He joined the company as an office assistant with big ideas. | grandiose | basic The basic idea is that we all meet up in London. VERB + IDEA have Do you have any ideas for a present for Lara? | come up with, dream up, hit on/upon, produce, think up | draw, get Her ideas are drawn mainly from Chinese art. | contribute, input | moot, put forward | promote, push (forward), sell They managed to push the idea of moving office through the committee. | welcome Most employees welcome the idea of a ban on smoking. | consider, entertain, flirt with, toy with I'm toying with the idea of packing in my job. | mull over, turn over He kept turning the idea of resigning over in his mind. | encourage, generate Brainstorming is a good way of generating ideas. | stifle a system of decision-making that stifles original ideas | reject, scoff at, veto | test, try out | bounce around, bounce off sb, brainstorm, discuss, explore, talk about I met up with a designer to bounce a few ideas around. It's useful to have someone to bounce ideas off. | exchange, pool, share | give sb What gave you the idea to go freelance? | apply, implement, put into action/effect/practice The idea had long been mooted but nothing had been done to put it into practice. | transform, translate How could we translate the idea into business reality? | steal She accused the company of stealing her idea. | impose She always tries to impose her own ideas on the rest of the team. IDEA + VERB come into sb's head/mind, come to sb, flash across/into sb's mind/brain, hit sb, occur to sb, pop into sb's head, strike sb The idea for the invention came to him in the bath. | emerge, evolve, form, grow An idea began to form in his mind. | flow His ideas flowed faster than he could express them. | come from sb/sth, date back from/to sth, originate, start, stem from sth The idea for the Olympics originated with Pierre de Coubertin. | blossom, work (out) The idea has now blossomed into a successful mail-order business. | lead The idea eventually led to the invention of the telephone. | come to nothing PREP. ~ about I have an idea about how to tackle the problem. | ~ for We were asked to suggest ideas for improving efficiency. | ~ of She had the idea of advertising on the Internet. PHRASES be open to ideas I don't know what to do, but I'm open to ideas. | the germ/glimmering of an idea The germ of his idea came from watching a bird make a nest. | have other ideas I wanted to take the week off, but my boss had other ideas. | it might be an idea It might be an idea to leave a note on the door for Mark. thought/impression ADJ. clear, concrete, precise | abstract | theoretical | basic, rough, vague He gave me a rough idea of what was wanted. | key, main The book introduces the key ideas of sociology. | dominant | fixed, inflexible | preconceived | definite, firm, strong She has very definite ideas about what kind of a job she wants. | complex, difficult | simplistic | conventional | traditional | radical, revolutionary | contradictory | erroneous, false, wrong I don't want anyone getting the wrong idea about me. | funny, strange | utopian | romantic People have a romantic idea of the police force. | new-fangled | outdated | not the faintest/foggiest/remotest/slightest (informal) I haven't got the faintest idea what she meant. | artistic, economic, intellectual, moral, musical, philosophical, political, scientific | fascist, feminist, nationalist, socialist VERB + IDEA get They seem to have got the idea that we will be giving them a lift. You'll soon get the idea (= understand). | espouse, have, hold He holds very different ideas to mine about discipline. | develop, form, shape the experiences that shaped her ideas | express | communicate, convey, get across, get over, present, put across The book puts across complex ideas in a way anyone can understand. | demonstrate, explain, expound, illustrate | clarify, formalize, formulate, organize, structure Give careful thought to how to structure your ideas in the essay. | change, reconsider, reshape, revise They had to reconsider their ideas in the light of new evidence. | accept | dismiss, reject | harbour I hope he's not still harbouring ideas about asking me out. | be obsessed with He's obsessed with the idea of getting a motorbike. | relish I don't relish the idea of sharing an office with Tony. IDEA + VERB amuse sb, appeal to sb, please sb The idea of going to his rescue amused her. | catch on, take hold Some students started wearing denim, and the idea caught on. PREP. ~ about She's got some funny ideas about how to motivate staff. | ~ behind The idea behind the ceremony is to keep the gods happy to ensure a good crop. | ~ of Swimming in an icy river is not my idea of fun.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

2 general:: idea verbs have an idea • I’ve had an idea. Why don’t we walk into town? get an idea • She got the idea from an article in a magazine. give somebody an idea • What gave you the idea for the book? come up with an idea (= think of an idea ) • He’s always coming up with interesting ideas. hit on an idea informal (= suddenly think of an idea ) • Then we hit on the idea of renting a cottage. toy with an idea informal (= think about using an idea, but not very seriously ) • I’m toying with the idea of going back to college. brainstorm ideas (= get a group of people to all try and think of ideas ) • We had a meeting to brainstorm ideas for the new advertising campaign. share/exchange ideas (= tell someone else your ideas, and learn their ideas ) • an opportunity for local business people to share ideas an idea comes to somebody (= someone suddenly thinks of an idea ) • The idea came to me while I was having a bath. adjectives a good/bad idea • Keeping the drinks cold in the bath was a good idea. • Knocking down this wall was a really bad idea. a great/brilliant/excellent idea • What a great idea! a bright idea (= a very good idea - often used ironically ) • Whose bright idea was it to leave the washing out in the rain? a clever idea • It seemed like a clever idea at the time. interesting • The idea sounded interesting , but I didn’t think it would work. stupid/ridiculous/crazy • The idea sounded crazy to me. • Camping in the middle of winter was a ridiculous idea! • He had the crazy idea of hitchhiking around South America. original/innovative (= no one has thought of it before ) • The company is looking for people who can come up with original ideas. a half-baked idea (= an idea that has not been carefully thought out ) • It’s yet another of the government’s half-baked ideas. phrases be full of ideas ( also be bursting with ideas ) (= have a lot of ideas ) • The children were enthusiastic and full of ideas. fire/bounce ideas off one another (= discuss each other’s ideas and think of good new ones ) • Our regular meetings are opportunities to fire ideas off each other.

transnet.ir

3 general:: idea something that you think of, especially something that you could do or suggest: • I think that’s an excellent idea. • Let me know if you have any good ideas. thought something that comes into your mind: • The thought had entered my mind that he might be lying. • It was a worrying thought. • She was lost in her thoughts. impression the idea that you have in your mind about what someone or something is like: • What was your impression of him? inspiration a good and original idea, which makes you think of doing or creating something: • Where did you get your inspiration from for the book? • He suddenly had a flash of inspiration. • The design for the house was entirely the inspiration of the architect. brainwave British English , brainstorm American English a sudden new and clever idea, especially one that solves a problem: • I thought I’d have to sell the house, but then I had a brainwave. concept an idea of how something is, or how something should be done: • Concepts of beauty are different in different cultures. • the traditional concept of marriage notion an idea about life or society, especially one that is a little silly or old-fashioned: • There is no evidence to support the notion that poverty is caused by laziness.

Longman-Thesaurus

4 general:: see BRIGHT IDEA; PUT IDEAS IN SOMEONE'S HEAD; WHAT'S THE IDEA.

American Heritage Idioms

5 general:: noun suggestion: They did not like my idea. noun hint: They had no idea how to begin. noun opinion: Their idea was to buy two cars.

Simple Definitions