vague idea

collocation in English

meaningsofvagueandidea

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vague
adjective
uk
/veɪɡ/us
/veɪɡ/
not clearly expressed, known, described, ...
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idea
noun
uk
/aɪˈdɪə/us
/aɪˈdiː.ə/
a suggestion or plan for ...
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(Definition ofvagueandideafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvague idea

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Yet we have only avagueideaof what time is.
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They have avagueideaof who is saying what, and where, but the details have not yet been fixed.
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A child might hear the word for the first time but only have avagueideaas to what a debate is.
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Yet many uses of ' fideism ' in academic discourse draw upon avagueideain establishing the category of classification.
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The local authorities still have avagueideathat private enterprise will return.
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One may have avagueidea, but what is the full import of the words?
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I suppose that we go into the work of local government with avagueideaof doing good.
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They have somevagueideaof this horrific test.
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Most people have just avagueideaof the large mental hospitals closing down.
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After all, we are entitled to have somevagueideaof how this money is being spent.
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He had avagueideaabout the tax but did not quite understand it.
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They have avagueideaabout improving agriculture and forestry.
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Avagueideais created of night club entertainment, seductive company, drinking and perhaps something more exciting than all that at the end.
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It was a general andvagueidea.
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They had, and in many cases still have, a sort ofvagueideathat private enterprise will return to this field one day.
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A citizen may go into a shop with avagueideaof buying a certain article.
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People had avagueideaof their meaning.
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We must ensure that they have more than avagueideaof their role.
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