idea

Noun

• (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
  • the theme is announced in the first measures
    
  • the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it
    

• an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
  • an estimate of what it would cost
    
  • a rough idea how long it would take
    

• a personal view
  • he has an idea that we don't like him
    

• your intention; what you intend to do
  • he had in mind to see his old teacher
    
  • the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces
    

• the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
  • it was not a good idea
    
  • the thought never entered my mind
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  theme , melodic theme , musical theme , estimate , estimation , approximation , mind , thought