definite idea
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdefiniteandidea
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definite
adjective
uk/ˈdef.ɪ.nət/us/ˈdef.ən.ət/
fixed, certain, ...
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idea
noun
uk/aɪˈdɪə/us/aɪˈdiː.ə/
a suggestion or plan for ...
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(Definition ofdefiniteandideafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdefinite idea
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I, for one, would not enter such a debate with a clear-cut anddefiniteideaof my own position on it.
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There seems to be nodefiniteideaor programme amongst them.
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The trouble is, that there is a new policy, which is based on a perfectlydefiniteidea.
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Is it a fact that, despite these uncertainties, adefiniteideaof the enormous advantages of private practice is given to those applying for appointments?
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The fact is that ungotten minerals is a phrase which does not convey anydefiniteidea.
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Therefore, the aeroplane companies have a verydefiniteideaas to the revenue they can earn and the obligations they have to perform.
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Until we have adefiniteideaabout that, it is difficult to say anything about it.
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In fact, it is essential from all aspects that young men should have somedefiniteideaof when they are to be called up and for how long.
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I quite agree that we had in our minds nodefiniteideaof a time limit until these very recent discussions to which allusion has been made.
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From my experience of employing labour my own conclusion is that the vast bulk of skilled labour has a verydefiniteideaof what constitutes a day's work.
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She puts off painting and wallpaper, though she forms adefiniteideafor the little nursery.
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Drawing first abstractly and without adefiniteidea, she will return to the work several times and refine images she sees in the primary, elemental composition.
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He had definite ideas about what chemical elements were truly simple, and of how the properties of substances were transformed in chemical reactions.
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My advisers, however, had very definite ideas as to the lines on which we ought to proceed.
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We have very definite ideas on how to tackle the next series of discussions.
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Such a result should be based on some definite ideas.
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I know that certain people have very definite ideas on general principles, and that my proposal to-day offends them as being counter to those principles.
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People who are supposed to be experts invariably have some prejudices and definite ideas before they start.
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I have one or two definite ideas which may seem to some people to have an extra conservative colour.
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Has he no clear, specific and definite ideas in his head about this matter, or is he just unwilling to tell us about them?
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