good idea
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgoodandidea
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good
adjective
uk/ɡʊd/us/ɡʊd/
very satisfactory, enjoyable, pleasant, ...
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idea
noun
uk/aɪˈdɪə/us/aɪˈdiː.ə/
a suggestion or plan for ...
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(Definition ofgoodandideafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofgood idea
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Moving to a stronger type system is not necessarily agoodidea.
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Using rainfall as a metaphor is seen as agoodideabecause rainfall is part of the literature.
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Which sounds like a verygoodidea, actually.
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I'm quite sure they are agoodidea.
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Readers will come away with agoodideaof what to consider when designing an empirical study.
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On the whole, most teachers maintained that it was agoodideato encourage students to learn music on their own, using information technology.
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I remember you had a verygoodideaabout refereeing; could you share it?
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I am eventually going to question whether ignoring lotteries at the outset is agoodidea.
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Goodidea, she agrees, but she wonders where she'll get the money to pay for the event.
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A similar analysis has to be done for all modes to obtain agoodideaof the special signature of each mode.
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However, better proofreading would be agoodideafor the next edition.
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Because it is relatively easy to assess adult genetic structure in the study area, it is generally agoodideato do so.
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For the reason given before, it is probably not agoodideato return constructors with many arguments entirely in registers.
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They claimed that it would be agoodideato have a 'feelier' account of attitudinal pleasure.
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It encourages a questioning outlook on one's practice, so yes -goodidea.
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Before eliciting monetary values, we asked the respondents if they thought a tax or permit system was agoodidea.
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However, as noted in section 2.2, even if the variable occurs just once, it is not always agoodideato inline it.
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In fact, it might be agoodideato begin with a brief historical introduction to the problem of stabilization.
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They didn't see that it contained agoodidea, an idea that was workable.
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She said she'd no idea who home care had spoken to, but that it was a verygoodideafor them to be involved.
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