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idea
English
Etymology
From Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from ???? (eíd?, “I see”). Cognate with French idée. Doublet of idée.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /a??d??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /a??di.?/
- (US, intrusive r) IPA(key): /a??d??/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?e?di??/
- Rhymes: -??, -i??
- Hyphenation: i?dea, i?de?a
Noun
idea (plural ideas or (rare) ideæ)
- (philosophy) 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. [from 14th c.]
- (obsolete) The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal. [16th-19th c.]
- (obsolete) The form or shape of something; a quintessential aspect or characteristic. [16th-18th c.]
- An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory. [from 16th c.]
- More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking. [from 17th c.]
- 1952, Alfred Whitney Griswold
- Ideas won't go to jail.
- 1952, Alfred Whitney Griswold
- A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention. [from 17th c.]
- A purposeful aim or goal; intent
- A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression. [from 17th c.]
- (music) A musical theme or melodic subject. [from 18th c.]
Synonyms
- (mental transcript, image, or picture): image
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????? (aidia), ???? (aidea)
Translations
Further reading
- idea in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- idea in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Adie, aide, daie
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from ???? (eíd?, “I see”).
Noun
idea f (plural idees)
- idea
Related terms
- ideal
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from ???? (eíd?, “I see”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /i?d?.?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /i?d?.a/
Noun
idea f (plural idees)
- idea (clarification of this definition is needed)
Related terms
- ideal
- idear
Further reading
- “idea” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “idea” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “idea” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “idea” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Etymology
From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa), from ???? (eíd?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?a/
Noun
idea f
- idea (that which exists in the mind as the result of mental activity)
Related terms
- ideace
- idealizace
- idealizovaný
- idealizovat
- ideolog
- ideologický
- ideologie
- ideový
- ideál
- idealista
- idealismus
- ideozlo?in
Further reading
- idea in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- idea in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Finnish
Etymology
From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”).
Noun
idea
- idea
Declension
Synonyms
- ajatus
Galician
Etymology
From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from ???? (eíd?, “I see”).
Noun
idea f (plural ideas)
- idea
Related terms
- ideal
Hungarian
Etymology
From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?id??]
- Hyphenation: idea
- Rhymes: -?
Noun
idea (plural ideák)
- idea
Declension
References
Interlingua
Noun
idea (plural ideas)
- idea
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from ???? (eíd?, “I see”).
Noun
idea f (plural idee)
- idea
Related terms
- ideale
- ideare
- ideazione
- ideo-
Etymology 2
Verb
idea
- third-person singular present of ideare
- second-person singular imperative of ideare
Anagrams
- aedi
Further reading
- idea in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?i.de.a/, [??d?eä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?i.de.a/, [?i?d???]
Noun
idea f (genitive ideae); first declension
- idea
- 1719, Johann Jakob Brucker:
- Tentamen Introductionis in Historiam Doctrinae Logicae de Ideis
- An Essay Introducing the History of the Logical Doctrine of Ideas
- Tentamen Introductionis in Historiam Doctrinae Logicae de Ideis
- 1719, Johann Jakob Brucker:
- prototype (Platonic)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- idea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- idea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Malay
Etymology
From English idea, from Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from ???? (eíd?, “I see”).
Noun
idea (plural idea-idea, informal 1st possessive ideaku, impolite 2nd possessive ideamu, 3rd possessive ideanya)
- idea.
Alternative forms
- ide (Indonesia, Timor-Leste)
Maltese
Etymology
From Italian idea, from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??d??.a/, /??d??.ja/
- Homophone: idejha (one pronunciation)
Noun
idea f (plural ideat)
- idea
Northern Sami
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
idea
- idea
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Polish
Etymology
From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa), from ???? (eíd?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i?d?.a/
Noun
idea f (diminutive idejka)
- idea (image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory)
- Synonym: pomys?
- (philosophy) idea (abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect)
- keynote, mission statement
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) ideowy
Related terms
- (nouns) ideowiec, ideowo??
- (adverb) ideowo
Further reading
- idea in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- idea in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From Italian ideare.
Verb
a idea (third-person singular present ideeaz?, past participle ideat) 1st conj.
- to invent, to conceive
Conjugation
Slovak
Etymology
From Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from ???? (eíd?, “I see”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?id?a/
Noun
idea f (genitive singular idey, nominative plural idey, genitive plural ideí, declension pattern of idea)
- idea (that which exists in the mind as the result of mental activity)
Declension
Related terms
- ideológ m
- ideologický m
- ideológia f
- ideový m
- ideál m
- idealista m
- idealistický m
- idealizácia f
- idealizmus m
Further reading
- idea in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i?dea/, [i?ð?e.a]
Etymology 1
From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from ???? (eíd?, “to see”). Compare Portuguese ideia.
Noun
idea f (plural ideas)
- idea
Derived terms
Related terms
- ideal
- idear
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
idea
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of idear.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of idear.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of idear.
Further reading
- “idea” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
idea From the web:
- what idea is the policy of assimilation based on
- what idea is emphasized through repetition
- what idea is stressed in the passage
- what idea is related in both excerpts
- what ideas did the enlightenment promote
- what idea was outlined in the virginia plan
- what idea did pan-africanism oppose
- what idea is implied in this paragraph
takeaway
English
Alternative forms
- take-away
Etymology
From take +? away.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?te?k?we?/
- enPR: t?k??w?
Adjective
takeaway (not comparable)
- (chiefly Britain, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand) (Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought.
- I couldn't be bothered cooking, so I bought a takeaway curry.
Translations
Synonyms
- takeout (U.S., Canada, & the Philippines)
- to carry-out, to-go (Scotland and some dialects in the U.S. & Canada)
- takeaways (New Zeland)
- grab and go
Antonyms
- eat-in (British)
- for here (North America)
- have here (New Zealand)
Descendants
- Italian: takeaway
Noun
takeaway (plural takeaways)
- (chiefly Britain, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand) A restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere.
- If you're hungry, there's a takeaway just around the corner.
- 2005, Amsterdam, Time Out, page 129,
- The wonderful, and deeply filling, world of Dutch broodjes (sandwiches) has its greatest champion in this takeaway, one of the very few that still features proper homemade meat and fish salads in your bun, rather than the almost ubiquitous factory prepared product that?s taken over the sandwich market.
- 2006, Mary Fitzpatrick, Tom Parkinson, Nick Ray, East Africa, Lonely Planet, page 479,
- Some of the cheapest places to eat in Kampala are the ubiquitous takeaways that dot the city centre.
- (chiefly Britain, Australia and New Zealand) A meal bought to be eaten elsewhere.
- I fancy an Indian takeaway tonight.
- 2008, Annalisa Rellie, Tricia Hayne, Turks & Caicos Islands, Bradt Travel Guides, page 99,
- Good Italian cuisine & friendly service. Also does takeaways, including pizza.
- 2008, The Complete Residents? Guide: Los Angeles, Explorer Publishing, page 315,
- Pizza and Thai food are popular delivery and takeaway choices, but there are a number of options.
- (golf) The preliminary part of a golfer?s swing when the club is brought back away from the ball.
- 2001, David Chmiel, Kevin Morris, Golf Past 50, page 40,
- One drill to help you work on the long, low takeaway is to place a tee, a coin, or even another ball just beyond your back foot (whatever you choose should be slightly inside your toe to promote a slightly inside swing path).
- 2005, Paul G. Schempp, Peter Mattsson, Golf: Steps To Success, page 55,
- Make sure your hands and shoulders work together during the takeaway.
- 2007, John Andrisani, Golfweek?s 101 Winning Golf Tips, unnumbered page,
- Tiger Woods, like other golfing greats, employs a smooth, evenly paced takeaway action.
- 2001, David Chmiel, Kevin Morris, Golf Past 50, page 40,
- (US) A concession made by a labor union in the course of negotiations.
- (frequently in the plural) An idea from a talk, presentation, etc., that the listener or reader should remember and consider.
- 2008, Carol A. E. Bentley, Beat The Recession: Proven Marketing Tactics, Volume 1, page 363,
- For example, one of the big takeaways for myself (even though I know better) is when I don?t review my goals daily I get sucked into what?s currently happening and easily get distracted from what?s most important.
- 2010, Scott Monty, Foreword, Erik Qualman, Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business, page xvi,
- A strength of this book is Qualman?s ability to take complex issues and break them into easily digestible takeaways through the use of real world examples and analogies.
- 2008, Carol A. E. Bentley, Beat The Recession: Proven Marketing Tactics, Volume 1, page 363,
Usage notes
In sense “idea from presentation etc.”, frequently used in plural to refer to all important ideas contained therein; compare insights, lessons learned, learnings, etc.
Synonyms
- (restaurant selling food to be eaten elsewhere): carryout (Scotland, US), takeout (chiefly North America)
- (food to be eaten elsewhere): carryout (Scotland, US), takeout (chiefly North America)
- (preparatory backward swing of a golf club):
- (concession during negotiation):
- (idea to be remembered and considered): sound bite
Translations
See also
- carry out
- take away, take-away
- take out, takeout
References
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English takeaway.
Adjective
takeaway (invariable)
- takeaway (of food) to be eaten off the premises
takeaway From the web:
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- what takeaway is best for diabetics
- what takeaway has the least carbs
- what takeaway do i want for dinner
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- what takeaway can i eat with gallstones
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