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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  IDEA
       
          1.  Interactive Data Entry/Access.
       
          2.  International Data Encryption Algorithm.
       
          (1996-02-16)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Idea \I*de"a\, n.; pl. Ideas. [L. idea, Gr. ?, fr. ? to see;
     akin to E. wit: cf. F. id['e]e. See Wit.]
     1. The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object,
        that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any
        object whatever, whether sensible or spiritual.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Her sweet idea wandered through his thoughts.
                                                    --Fairfax.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Being the right idea of your father
              Both in your form and nobleness of mind. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              This representation or likeness of the object being
              transmitted from thence [the senses] to the
              imagination, and lodged there for the view and
              observation of the pure intellect, is aptly and
              properly called its idea.             --P. Browne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A general notion, or a conception formed by
        generalization.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Alice had not the slightest idea what latitude was.
                                                    --L. Caroll.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Hence: Any object apprehended, conceived, or thought of,
        by the mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the real
        object that is conceived or thought of.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Whatsoever the mind perceives in itself, or as the
              immediate object of perception, thought, or
              undersanding, that I call idea.       --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A belief, option, or doctrine; a characteristic or
        controlling principle; as, an essential idea; the idea of
        development.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and
              that is a wrong one.                  --Johnson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              What is now ``idea'' for us? How infinite the fall
              of this word, since the time where Milton sang of
              the Creator contemplating his newly-created world,
              
              ``how it showed . . .
              Answering his great idea,'' 
              to its present use, when this person ``has an idea
              that the train has started,'' and the other ``had no
              idea that the dinner would be so bad!'' --Trench.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. A plan or purpose of action; intention; design.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I shortly afterwards set off for that capital, with
              an idea of undertaking while there the translation
              of the work.                          --W. Irving.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. A rational conception; the complete conception of an
        object when thought of in all its essential elements or
        constituents; the necessary metaphysical or constituent
        attributes and relations, when conceived in the abstract.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. A fiction object or picture created by the imagination;
        the same when proposed as a pattern to be copied, or a
        standard to be reached; one of the archetypes or patterns
        of created things, conceived by the Platonists to have
        excited objectively from eternity in the mind of the
        Deity.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Thence to behold this new-created world,
              The addition of his empire, how it showed
              In prospect from his throne, how good, how fair,
              Answering his great idea.             --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: ``In England, Locke may be said to have been the first
           who naturalized the term in its Cartesian universality.
           When, in common language, employed by Milton and
           Dryden, after Descartes, as before him by Sidney,
           Spenser, Shakespeare, Hooker, etc., the meaning is
           Platonic.'' --Sir W. Hamilton.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Abstract idea, Association of ideas, etc. See under
        Abstract, Association, etc.
  
     Syn: Notion; conception; thought; sentiment; fancy; image;
          perception; impression; opinion; belief; observation;
          judgment; consideration; view; design; intention;
          purpose; plan; model; pattern.
  
     Usage: There is scarcely any other word which is subjected to
            such abusive treatment as is the word idea, in the
            very general and indiscriminative way in which it is
            employed, as it is used variously to signify almost
            any act, state, or content of thought.
            [1913 Webster]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]


  IDEA
       International Data Encryption Algorithm (cryptography)

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]


  IDEA
       Internet Design, Engineering, and Analysis notes (IETF)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Idea \I*de"a\, n.; pl. Ideas. [L. idea, Gr. ?, fr. ? to see;
     akin to E. wit: cf. F. id['e]e. See Wit.]
     1. The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object,
        that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any
        object whatever, whether sensible or spiritual.
  
              Her sweet idea wandered through his thoughts.
                                                    --Fairfax.
  
              Being the right idea of your father Both in your
              form and nobleness of mind.           --Shak.
  
              This representation or likeness of the object being
              transmitted from thence [the senses] to the
              imagination, and lodged there for the view and
              observation of the pure intellect, is aptly and
              properly called its idea.             --P. Browne.
  
     2. A general notion, or a conception formed by
        generalization.
  
              Alice had not the slightest idea what latitude was.
                                                    --L. Caroll.
  
     3. Hence: Any object apprehended, conceived, or thought of,
        by the mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the real
        object that is conceived or thought of.
  
              Whatsoever the mind perceives in itself, or as the
              immediate object of perception, thought, or
              undersanding, that I call idea.       --Locke.
  
     4. A belief, option, or doctrine; a characteristic or
        controlling principle; as, an essential idea; the idea of
        development.
  
              That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and
              that is a wrong one.                  --Johnson.
  
              What is now ``idea'' for us? How infinite the fall
              of this word, since the time where Milton sang of
              the Creator contemplating his newly-created world, -
              ``how it showed . . . Answering his great idea,'' -
              to its present use, when this person ``has an idea
              that the train has started,'' and the other ``had no
              idea that the dinner would be so bad!'' --Trench.
  
     5. A plan or purpose of action; intention; design.
  
              I shortly afterwards set off for that capital, with
              an idea of undertaking while there the translation
              of the work.                          --W. Irving.
  
     6. A rational conception; the complete conception of an
        object when thought of in all its essential elements or
        constituents; the necessary metaphysical or constituent
        attributes and relations, when conceived in the abstract.
  
     7. A fiction object or picture created by the imagination;
        the same when proposed as a pattern to be copied, or a
        standard to be reached; one of the archetypes or patterns
        of created things, conceived by the Platonists to have
        excited objectively from eternity in the mind of the
        Deity.
  
              Thence to behold this new-created world, The
              addition of his empire, how it showed In prospect
              from his throne, how good, how fair, Answering his
              great idea.                           --Milton.
  
     Note: ``In England, Locke may be said to have been the first
           who naturalized the term in its Cartesian universality.
           When, in common language, employed by Milton and
           Dryden, after Descartes, as before him by Sidney,
           Spenser, Shakespeare, Hooker, etc., the meaning is
           Platonic.'' --Sir W. Hamilton.
  
     Abstract idea, Association of ideas, etc. See under
        Abstract, Association, etc.
  
     Syn: Notion; conception; thought; sentiment; fancy; image;
          perception; impression; opinion; belief; observation;
          judgment; consideration; view; design; intention;
          purpose; plan; model; pattern. There is scarcely any
          other word which is subjected to such abusive treatment
          as is the word idea, in the very general and
          indiscriminative way in which it is employed, as it is
          used variously to signify almost any act, state, or
          content of thought.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  idea
       n 1: the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking
            about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never
            entered my mind" [syn: thought]
       2: a personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him"
       3: an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth;
          "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how
          long it would take" [syn: estimate, estimation, approximation]
       4: your intention; what you intend to do; "he had in mind to
          see his old teacher"; "the idea of the game is to capture
          all the pieces" [syn: mind]
       5: (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme
          is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist
          picked up the idea and elaborated it" [syn: theme, melodic
          theme, musical theme]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  idea
     Γαλικιανά n.
     η ιδέα
     Ισπανικά n.
     η ιδέα
     Καταλανικά n.
     η ιδέα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  -idea
     Translingual suf.
     (n-g: Used to form taxonomic names of animals at ranks from class to
  infraorder)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  idea
     Catalan n.
     (l en idea) (rfclarify: ca)
     Czech n.
     (l en idea) (gloss: that which exists in the mind as the result of
  mental activity)
     Galician n.
     #English
     Interlingua n.
     #English
     Latin n.
     #English
     Maltese n.
     #English
     Northern Sami n.
     idea
     Romanian vb.
     to invent, to conceive
     Spanish n.
     (l en idea)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: idear)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  idea-
     Irish pre.
     idio-

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Idea
     Translingual n.
     (taxon genus family Nymphalidae Asian tree nymphs)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  idea
     n.
     (lb en 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.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  -idea
     Translingual suf.
     (n-g: Used to form taxonomic names of animals at ranks from class to
  infraorder)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  idea
     Czech n.
     (l en idea) (gloss: that which exists in the mind as the result of
  mental activity)
     Finnish n.
     #English
     Hungarian n.
     (lb hu philosophy or formal) idea#English
     Latin n.
     #English
     n.
     (lb en 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.)
     Romanian vb.
     to invent, to conceive
     Spanish n.
     (l en idea)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: idear)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  idea-
     Irish pre.
     idio-

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Idea
     Translingual n.
     (taxon genus family Nymphalidae Asian tree nymphs)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  -idea
     Translingual suf.
     (n-g: Used to form taxonomic names of animals at ranks from class to
  infraorder)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  idea
     Czech n.
     (l en idea) (gloss: that which exists in the mind as the result of
  mental activity)
     Finnish n.
     #English
     Hungarian n.
     (lb hu philosophy or formal) idea#English
     Italian n.
     (l en idea)
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it ideare  3 s pres ind ; 2 s imp)
     Maltese n.
     #English
     Polish n.
     1 (l en idea) (gl: image of an object that is formed in the mind or
  recalled by the memory)
     2 (lb pl philosophy) (l en idea) (gl: abstract archetype of a given
  thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect)
     3 keynote, mission statement

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  idea-
     Irish pre.
     idio-

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Idea
     Translingual n.
     (taxon genus family Nymphalidae Asian tree nymphs)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  idea
     Espanja n.
     idea
     n.
     1 ajatus, oivallus, keksintö, pulman ratkaisu
     2 taustalla oleva vaikute, aate
     3 järki, selitys jollekin

From Finnish Wiktionary: Finnish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-fi-2023-07-27 ]


  idea
     n.
     1 ajatus, oivallus, keksintö, pulman ratkaisu
     2 taustalla oleva vaikute, aate
     3 järki, selitys jollekin

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  idea
     Finska n.
     idé; plötsligt uppkommande tanke
     Italienska n.
     idé; plötsligt uppkommande tanke

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  idea /aɪdˈiə/
  1. begrip, benul, idee, opvatting

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Idea /aɪdˈiə/
  الفكرة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  idea //aɪˈdi.ə// //aɪˈdiː// //aɪˈdɪə// //aɪˈdɪɹ// //ɑeˈdiə̯// //ˈaɪdi// 
  1. иде́я, план
  a conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention
  2. представа
  a vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression
  3. иде́я, ми́съл, предста́ва
  an image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory
  4. понятие
  any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking
  5. идея
  philosophy: abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect