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Plural of idea

regular plural

The plural of idea is ideas.

Forms of idea

Singularidea /aɪ̯ˈdɪə̯/
Pluralideas /aɪˈdɪəz/
Countablecountable

Ideas in a sentence

  • The paper contains a number of original ideas about color perception.From the entry original
  • As a kick start for the group, let's write up some ideas.From the entry kick start
  • We put our ideas together and they eventually gelled into a saleable product.From the entry gel
  • We came up with some new ideas at the game jam.From the entry jam
  • The decade produced a whole crop of ideas about space travel.From the entry crop

Meaning of idea

  1. noun An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.
  2. noun The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal.
  3. noun The form or shape of something; a quintessential aspect or characteristic.

Full definition of idea

Questions about the plural of idea

What is the plural of idea?
The plural of idea is ideas.
Is idea countable?
Idea is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: idea (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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