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| abortion |
a project or idea that has failed to be carried to completion, or the result of the failure to reach completion. [1/4 definitions] |
| abstract |
designating the idea of something without regard to a particular instance or object. [1/13 definitions] |
| abstraction |
an abstract or general idea, concept, or term. [1/4 definitions] |
| advertise |
to present (a product or idea) in a favorable light to win public patronage, support, or approval. [2/4 definitions] |
| advocacy |
the giving of support to an idea, person, or cause. |
| again |
used to emphasize an idea that one has earlier expressed in the same conversation, speech, or text. [1/5 definitions] |
| amplification |
something that enlarges a statement, plan, idea, or the like. [2/4 definitions] |
| ancestry |
the origin or evolution of an object, idea, or style. [1/3 definitions] |
| Anglicism |
a habit, idea, or the like that is typically English. [1/2 definitions] |
| apostrophe2 |
esp. in drama, an address to someone absent or imaginary, or to an object or idea. |
| apostrophize |
to address (a person, usu. absent, or a personified object or idea). [2 definitions] |
| attachment |
a bond that gives one fondness for or loyalty to a person, place, thing, or idea. [1/6 definitions] |
| authorship |
origin, as of a book, film, idea, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| avatar |
a concrete manifestation of any abstraction, such as an idea or concept; embodiment. [1/2 definitions] |
| bastion |
something that acts as a safeguard for a principle or idea. [1/3 definitions] |
| bat around |
to discuss (an idea or ideas) as possiblities. [1/2 definitions] |
| beautiful |
an idea or aesthetic concept of beauty (usu. prec. by "the"). [1/3 definitions] |
| belief |
trust in a person, thing, idea, or system of ideas; confidence. [2/3 definitions] |
| birthplace |
the place of birth or origin, of a person or of an idea, movement, or the like. |
| blind alley |
(informal) a fruitless or unproductive undertaking, idea, or line of inquiry. [1/2 definitions] |
| brainchild |
someone's original idea, plan, or invention. |
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