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    i·de·a
    [īˈdēə]
    noun
    idea (noun) · ideas (plural noun) · the idea (noun)
    1. a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action:
      "the idea of linking pay to performance has caught on" · "it's a good idea to do some research before you go"
      • a concept or 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"
    2. (the idea)
      the aim or purpose:
      "I took a job with the idea of getting some money together"
    3. philosophy
      (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.
    Origin
    late Middle English (in idea): via Latin from Greek idea ‘form, pattern’, from the base of idein ‘to see’.
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    noun
    1. a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action:
      plan
      design
      scheme
      project
      proposal
      proposition
      suggestion
      recommendation
      aim
      intention
      objective
      object
      purpose
      end
      goal
      target
    2. the aim or purpose:
      purpose
      point
      aim
      object
      objective
      goal
      intention
      end
      design
      reason
      use
      utility
      sense
      motive
      value
      advantage
      end in view
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