Idea and Trace

Idea

Idea noun - Something imagined or pictured in the mind.

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Trace and idea are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trace" instead a noun "Idea".

Nearby Words: ideal, ideation

Trace noun - A mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it.

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Idea and trace are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Idea" instead a noun "Trace".

Nearby Words: track, traced, tracing, traceable, tracking

original	original idea	original trace
single	single idea	single trace
rough	rough idea	rough trace
entire	entire idea	entire trace
Other adjectives: real, little, possible, slightest, faintest.

For some reason, the writers for Dissidia Duodecim thought this was an excellent idea, as the rewrites for the 13th cycle in that game remove absolutely every trace of this aspect of her character, leaving a single line to Terra as the only hint of this part of her personality.

Source: Cry for the Devil
The task requires them to perform a very risky "dream within a dream within a dream" scenario which will allow the team to bury the idea deep enough to leave no trace of their influence.

Source: Film / Inception
This novel also showed why using such a device as a planetary-scale garbage disposal might not be a good idea: they eventually discovered that the "garbage" and pollution they were getting rid of included important trace elements of their atmosphere.

Source: Misapplied Phlebotinum

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