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idé, ide

noun masculinesubstantiv hankjønn

idea

EtymologyOpphav

av gresk idea ‘utseende, art, form, begrep’ from Greek idea ‘appearance, kind, form, concept’

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. (klar) forestilling;
    anelse (1)inkling
    a (clear) notion;
    inklinganelse (1)
    • han hadde ingen idé om hvor mange det var he had no idea how many there were
  2. innfalla sudden idea, a notion, a whim · an incursion, a raid · incidence, the falling in of light, hugskotta sudden thought, a whim, a passing fancy a sudden idea, a notioninnfall, a whim, a passing fancyhugskott
    • ha merkelige ideer to have strange ideas
    • en fiks idé a fixed idea
  3. (grunnleggende og gjerne original) tanke, plan eller utkast a (fundamental and usually original) thought, plan or outline
    • ideen til et drama the idea for a play
  4. meningmeaning, sense · opinion, view · point, purpose, innholdcontent · contents;
    hovedtanke
    meaningmening, contentinnhold;
    central idea
    • ideen i diktet the idea behind the poem
  5. i filosofi: abstrakt og evig begrep;
    uforanderlig mønster;
    urbildean archetype, an original, a prototype
    in philosophy: an abstract and eternal concept;
    an unchanging pattern;
    an archetypeurbilde