idea

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Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

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Definition

  1. noun the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
  2. noun your intention; what you intend to do
  3. noun a personal view

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “to see”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; see”). Cognate with French idée. Doublet of idée. Related to idol, idolum, and eidolon.

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thought

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