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# idea

noun (an idea, ideas)

«idea» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A thought or plan that comes into your mind, especially a new one: a good idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idea/#m1)
2. What you know or think about something: «I have no idea». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idea/#m2)
3. The main point or purpose: «The idea of the game is to …». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idea/#m3)
4. An opinion or belief: «She has her own ideas about it». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idea/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school: brainstorm ideas, the main idea of a paragraph, a writing idea; in science an idea you test is a hypothesis. In everyday life: «good idea», «bad idea» — judging if a plan is safe or sensible. Phrases: good idea, no idea, get the idea, have an idea, main idea, the idea of, bright idea.

### Examples

- I have an idea: let's build a fort! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idea/#x1)
- That's a good idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idea/#x2)
- I have no idea where my shoes are. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idea/#x3)
- What is the main idea of this paragraph? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idea/#x4)
- The idea of the game is to reach the end first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idea/#x5)
- Climbing on the roof is a bad idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idea/#x6)
- We shared our ideas in a group. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idea/#x7)
- Do you get the idea? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idea/#x8)
- Then an idea came to him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idea/#x9)

### Note

Countable: an idea (with «an» because it starts with a vowel sound), ideas. Say «eye-DEE-uh». «No idea» = I don't know. «Idea» is not the same as «ideal» (perfect).

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Commentators on Sefer Yetzirah often treat God, the idea and the word as one, so that creation begins as a thought and becomes real through speech. In the primary lessons: In school: brainstorm ideas, the main idea of a paragraph, a writing idea; in science an idea you test is a hypothesis. In everyday life: «good idea», «bad idea» — judging if a plan is safe or sensible. Phrases: good idea, no idea, get the idea, have an idea, main idea, the idea of, bright idea.

### Examples

- We find this very idea in the Pythagorean system. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idea/#x1)
- This idea is then symbolically explained in the next paragraph. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idea/#x2)
- 13) See above Note 1, God, idea and word are indivisible. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idea/#x3)

### Note

Countable: an idea (with «an» because it starts with a vowel sound), ideas. Say «eye-DEE-uh». «No idea» = I don't know. «Idea» is not the same as «ideal» (perfect).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «idea» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idea/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«idea» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/idea.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «idea» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idea/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«idea» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/idea.html) on Mova free.