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идея — meaning in English

ideya

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English meaning

  • conception noun The moment an egg is fertilized, marking the start of a pregnancy.
  • hunch noun A feeling or guess based on instinct rather than solid evidence.
  • idea noun A thought, plan, or mental impression formed in the mind.
  • thought noun An idea or mental image formed in the mind.

Senses

идея is used for these senses in English:

  • conception The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
  • idea (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.]
  • idea An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory. [from 16th c.]
  • idea A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention. [from 17th c.]
  • thought (countable) A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.

conception — full definition

  1. noun The moment an egg is fertilized, marking the start of a pregnancy.
  2. noun An idea, plan, or mental image of how something works or should be.

hunch — full definition

  1. noun A feeling or guess based on instinct rather than solid evidence.
  2. verb To bend forward, rounding your back and shoulders.

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