Collocations withidea
These are words often used in combination withidea.
Click on a collocation to see more examples of it.
abstract idea
The practices are directed in all these cases at concrete, local and regional landscapes, and not so much at the 'historical landscape' as a general, abstract idea.
From theCambridge English Corpus
bad idea
The bad idea was the mistaken belief that the granularity of laziness should be as fine as possible.
From theCambridge English Corpus
basic idea
The basic idea behind shuffle is straightforward.
From theCambridge English Corpus
better idea
We might infer that one is better at painting or had a better idea, if both were trying their best.
From theCambridge English Corpus
brilliant idea
The planners got the brilliant idea that they should widen and straighten the road, and that is just what they did, with public money.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
clever idea
Comparing the equilibrium notion in the hard sciences and in economics seems a clever idea.
From theCambridge English Corpus
competing ideas
Like any market-based model, there were many competing ideas about these new methods and their basis.
From
Wikipedia
contradictory ideas
In the end, it was the ability of the device to unify opposing possibilities, giving a balanced platform to contradictory ideas, which most strongly suggested its ethical reach.
From theCambridge English Corpus
crazy idea
Seldom can a crazy idea have become the forerunner of so much sense.
From theCambridge English Corpus
creative idea
Self-experimentation can also facilitate creative idea generation by promoting certain conative factors for creativity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
definite idea
I, for one, would not enter such a debate with a clear-cut and definite idea of my own position on it.
From theCambridge English Corpus
exchange ideas
They also use the term electronic discourse to focus on how individuals use language to exchange ideas rather simply to deliver messages.
From theCambridge English Corpus
fanciful idea
They imagined, quite erroneously, that this was some fanciful idea of a number of visionary people.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
good idea
Moving to a stronger type system is not necessarily a good idea.
From theCambridge English Corpus
idea of equality
The idea of equality is one we can all subscribe to.
From theCambridge English Corpus
ingenious idea
It was an ingenious idea at the time to say that we would levy money from people and pay it back later.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
innovative idea
There has to be a mechanism in the education system for people to get together to develop an innovative idea.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
mathematical idea
But it is a mathematical idea which is not easy to explain informally.
From theCambridge English Corpus
melodic idea
Simone's ensuing aside introduces a new melodic idea, accompanied by cellos, as well as a new dramatic element.
From theCambridge English Corpus
mistaken idea
I regard this as an entirely wrong and mistaken idea.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
musical idea
It is commonly regarded as the shortest subdivision of a theme or phrase that still maintains its identity as a musical idea.
From
Wikipedia
novel idea
This was not a novel idea.
From theCambridge English Corpus
old-fashioned idea
Today this is an old-fashioned idea, for this reason.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
original idea
Under these conditions, would the original idea work?
From theCambridge English Corpus
preconceived idea
Most of these hunters and travellers too, believed that fly depended upon game, especially upon buffalo, and they tried to make everything they saw fit in with this preconceived idea.
From theCambridge English Corpus
radical idea
Eastwood considers them to be irrelevant to the development of the radical idea of citizen sovereignty and equality.
From theCambridge English Corpus
revolutionary idea
Similarly, to study music in the social and cultural context within which it originated is hardly a revolutionary idea.
From theCambridge English Corpus
splendid idea
He said that it was a splendid idea to rob everybody of half the interest to which they were entitled.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
terrible idea
They said that we were trying to privatise pensions and abolish state pensions and that that was a terrible idea.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
the very idea
The very idea of a joint strategy was questioned.
From theCambridge English Corpus
unorthodox idea
All sorts of unorthodox ideas are being canvassed.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
vague idea
Yet we have only a vague idea of what time is.
From theCambridge English Corpus
whole idea
He is dismissive of the whole idea of globalisation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.