Слово англійською: idea

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Переклад idea українською: ідея, думка, basic ~ — основна думка, fixed ~ — настирлива ідея, in ~ — теоретично, за ідеєю, what an ~! — що за думка!, чудова ідея!, поняття; уявлення, I have not the slightest ~ of it — не маю ніякого уявлення про це, план, намір, задум, думка, гадка, to cherish an ~ — виношувати задум, that's the ~! — це саме те

Детальний опис

idea

noun

/aɪˈdiːə/

plan/thought

[countable] a plan, thought or suggestion, especially about what to do in a particular situation

It would be a good idea to call before we leave.
That's a great idea!
I’ve had a brilliant idea!
I knew this was a bad idea.
The party's latest big idea is to create a Centre for Teaching Excellence.
The surprise party was Jane's idea.
idea for something He already had an idea for his next novel.
We’re having a meeting to try to come up with ideas for fundraising.
idea of something The idea of a new museum was first discussed two years ago.
idea of doing something I like the idea of living on a boat.
We've been toying with the idea of (= thinking about) getting a dog.
Her family expected her to go to college, but she had other ideas.
I don't know what to do, but I'm open to ideas.
It might be an idea (= it would be sensible) to try again later.
It seemed like a good idea at the time, and then it all went horribly wrong.
Ben is the ideas man and the others do the day-to-day work.
(North American English usually) Ben is the idea man.

impression

[uncountable, singular] idea (of something) a picture or an impression in your mind of what somebody/something is like

The brochure should give you a good idea of the hotel.
I had some idea of what the job would be like.
This film changed the very idea of what an outer space movie could be.
An evening at home watching TV is not my idea of a good time.
If this is your idea of a joke, then I don’t find it very funny.
I don't want anyone getting the wrong idea (= getting the wrong impression about something).

opinion

[countable] an opinion or a belief about something

the experiences that shaped her ideas
ideas about something He has some very strange ideas about education.
ideas on something Her ideas on the family are pretty old-fashioned.
ideas of something These photographs challenge conventional ideas of beauty.
idea that… She rejects the idea that product quality has suffered.

feeling

[singular] a feeling that something is possible or is true

Where on earth did you get that idea?
idea that… What gave you the idea that he'd be here?
idea where, who, etc… I have a pretty good idea where I left it—I hope I'm right.

aim

the idea

[singular] the aim or purpose of something

You'll soon get the idea (= understand).
idea of something What's the idea of the game?
idea of doing something The whole idea of going was so that we could meet her new boyfriend.
with the idea of doing something They buy other people's tickets with the idea of reselling them.

Synonyms purposepurposeaim ▪ intention ▪ plan ▪ point ▪ ideaThese are all words for talking about what somebody/something intends to do or achieve.purpose what something is supposed to achieve; what somebody is trying to achieve:

Our campaign’s main purpose is to raise money.

aim what somebody is trying to achieve; what something is supposed to achieve:

She went to London with the aim of finding a job.
Our main aim is to increase sales in Europe.

purpose or aim?Your purpose for doing something is your reason for doing it; your aim is what you want to achieve. Aim can suggest that you are only trying to achieve something; purpose gives a stronger sense of achievement being certain. Aim can be somebody’s aim or the aim of something. Purpose is more usually the purpose of something: you can talk about somebody’s purpose but that is more formal.intention what you intend to do:

I have no intention of going to the wedding.
She’s full of good intentions but they rarely work out.

plan what you intend to do or achieve:

There are no plans to build new offices.

intention or plan?Your intentions are what you want to do, especially in the near future; your plans are what you have decided or arranged to do, often, but not always, in the longer term.point (rather informal) the purpose or aim of something:

What’s the point of all this violence?
The point of the lesson is to compare the two countries.

idea (rather informal) the purpose of something; somebody’s aim:

The whole idea of going was so that we could meet her new boyfriend.
What’s the idea behind this?

point or idea?Point is a more negative word than idea. If you say What’s the point…? you are suggesting that there is no point; if you say What’s the idea…? you are genuinely asking a question. Point, but not idea, is used to talk about things you feel annoyed or unhappy about: There’s no idea in… • I don’t see the idea of…. Patterns

with the purpose/aim/intention/idea of doing something
somebody’s intention/plan to do something
to have a(n) purpose/aim/intention/plan/point
to achieve/fulfil a(n) purpose/aim

Word Originlate Middle English (as a term in Platonic philosophy): via Latin from Greek idea ‘form, pattern’, from the base of idein ‘to see’.

Idioms

buck your ideas up

(British English, informal) to start behaving in a more acceptable way, so that work gets done better, etc.

give somebody ideas | put ideas into somebody’s head

to give somebody hopes about something that may not be possible or likely; to make somebody act or think in an unreasonable way
- Who's been putting ideas into his head?

have no idea | not have the faintest, first, etc. idea

(informal) used to emphasize that you do not know something
- ‘What's she talking about?’ ‘I've no idea.’
- He hasn't the faintest idea how to manage people.
- I had no idea she’d had such a difficult life.
- I don’t have any idea where he is.
- She doesn't seem to have any idea of what I'm talking about.
- I haven't got the faintest idea what she meant.
- He hadn't had the slightest idea about what had been going on.

have the right idea

to have found a very good or successful way of living, doing something, etc.
- He's certainly got the right idea—retiring at 55.
- The party had the right idea, but failed to win over the voters.
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that’s an idea!

(informal) used to reply in a positive way to a suggestion that somebody has made
- Hey, that's an idea! And we could get a band, as well.

that’s the idea!

(informal) used to encourage people and to tell them that they are doing something right
- That's the idea! You're doing fine.

you have no idea…

(informal) used to show that something is hard for somebody else to imagine
- You've no idea how much traffic there was tonight.

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