Idea and Undertaking

Idea

Idea noun - Something imagined or pictured in the mind.

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

Nearby Words: ideal, ideation

Undertaking noun - Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.

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Idea and undertaking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Idea" instead a noun "Undertaking".

Nearby Words: undertake, undertaken, undertaker

entire	entire idea	entire undertaking
great	great idea	great undertaking
dangerous	dangerous idea	dangerous undertaking
evil	evil idea	evil undertaking
Other adjectives: strange, different.

Without that line, non-readers have no idea why the Fellowship is undertaking this quest.

Source: Western Animation / The Lord of the Rings
The idea is in whatever large and worthwhile undertaking you are planning to take, you should begin to iterate as soon as you have a workable idea, work it, and be ready to abandon it as soon as it won't work.

Source: Perfect Solution Fallacy

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