idea
noun [S] (PURPOSE) /aɪˈdɪə/Definition
C1 a purpose or reason for doing something: The idea of the game is to get rid of all your cards as soon as you can. The whole idea (= only purpose) of advertising is to make people buy things. The idea behind the national lottery is to raise money for good causes.Goals and purposesReasons and explanations
(Definition of idea noun (PURPOSE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aim noun (INTENTION)
- ambition noun
- avail noun
- dedicated adjective
- function noun (PURPOSE)
- goal noun (AIM)
- have big ideas idiom
- idly adverb
- mission noun (JOB)
- object noun (PURPOSE)
- order noun (PURPOSE)
- purpose noun
- raison d'être noun
- sb's heart's desire idiom
- should modal verb (POSSIBILITY)
- the end justifies the means idiom
- the order of the day idiom
- towards preposition (PURPOSE)
- way noun (WANT)
- will noun (MENTAL POWER)
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