novel idea
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnovelandidea
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novel
adjective
uk/ˈnɒv.əl/us/ˈnɑː.vəl/
new and original, not like anything ...
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idea
noun
uk/aɪˈdɪə/us/aɪˈdiː.ə/
a suggestion or plan for ...
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(Definition ofnovelandideafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This was not anovelidea.
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It is a trulynovelideaand, while most developmental scholars have now heard of it, few have achieved a comfortable familiarity.
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It is simply resorting to private justice and this is not anovelidea.
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This was a somewhatnovelideain a country where land surplus and labour shortage had linked land and labour in the institution of serfdom.
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Thenovelideais that we use a specific reduction strategy rather than considering "any maximal reduction path".
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His theory of electricity was expressed in terms of tensions and pressures, and mechanical ideas were used to propagate the 1novelideaof the displacement current.
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After all, this is not entirely anovelidea.
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This is not anovelidea.
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This is not such anovelidea.
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That was anovelideabrought forward by the newspaper.
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It is rather anovelideathat to deprive an industry of its capital is going to spur the industry on.
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In my recollection, it is entirely anovelidea.
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I do not believe that this is anovelideaor one designed particularly to prejudice the food industry.
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This is anovelideathat is worth examining.
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That seems to be a fairlynovelideato me.
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That is not a radical idea; it is not even anovelidea.
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However, it is anovelidea.
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It is not an entirelynovelidea.
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It is not anovelidea.
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