the idea
noun
: the central meaning or purpose of something : goal or intention
The whole idea of the game is to keep from getting caught.
The idea is to get people to attend.
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In a great example of the power of social media influencers, many parents have absorbed the idea that saying ‘no’ to their kids is bad.
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Alison Escalante, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
The spark of creativity belongs not to the machine that churns out a never-ending variety of images with feedback from the crowd, but to the artists who came up with the idea in the first place.
—Will Knight, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2024
But what starts as a winking nod at the challenges of parenting ends up a heavy-handed fable about the primacy of human values, with an emphasis on the idea that a gendered role is essential to becoming human.
—Elvia Wilk, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
Modularity directly tackles overproduction by promoting the idea that garments should serve multiple purposes, reducing the need for excess inventory.
—Andre Claudio, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024
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Alison Escalante, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
The spark of creativity belongs not to the machine that churns out a never-ending variety of images with feedback from the crowd, but to the artists who came up with the idea in the first place.
—Will Knight, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2024
But what starts as a winking nod at the challenges of parenting ends up a heavy-handed fable about the primacy of human values, with an emphasis on the idea that a gendered role is essential to becoming human.
—Elvia Wilk, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
Modularity directly tackles overproduction by promoting the idea that garments should serve multiple purposes, reducing the need for excess inventory.
—Andre Claudio, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024
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“The idea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20idea. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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