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1. (n.) notion
a general, vague, or imperfect conception or idea.
2. notion
an opinion, view, or belief.
3. notion
a conception or idea:
his notion of democracy.
4. notion
a fanciful or foolish idea; whim.
5. notion
notions, small articles, as buttons, thread, or ribbon, displayed together for sale.
Etymology: (1560–70; < L nōtiō examination, idea <nō-, base of nōscere to come to know (see notify ))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
"his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"
2. (noun) notion
a general inclusive concept
3. (noun) notion, whim, whimsy, whimsey
an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
"the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories"; "he had a whimsy about flying to the moon"; "whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it"
4. (noun) notion
(usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items
"buttons and needles are notions"
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1. (noun) notion
an idea
the notion of using diplomacy instead of war
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. notion
mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an idea; a conception; more properly, a general or universal conception, as distinguishable or definable by marks or notae
2. notion
a sentiment; an opinion
3. notion
sense; mind
4. notion
an invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as, Yankee notions
5. notion
inclination; intention; disposition; as, I have a notion to do it
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Sense: understanding
I've no notion what he's talking about.
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 Afrikaans: begrip, idee |
 Arabic: فَهْم، مَفْهوم |
 Bulgarian: схващане |
 Brazilian: noção |
 Czech: ponětí |
 German: der Begriff |
 Danish: begreb |
 Greek: ιδέα |
 Spanish: noción |
 Estonian: aim |
 Farsi: انديشه |
 Finnish: käsitys |
 French: idée |
 Hebrew: מוּשָׂג |
 Hindi: धारणा |
 Croatian: pojam |
 Hungarian: fogalom |
 Indonesian: pengertian |
 Icelandic: hugmynd |
 Italian: idea |
 Japanese: 理解 |
 Korean: 이해, 개념 |
 Lithuanian: supratimas |
 Latvian: priekšstats |
 Malay: tahu |
 Dutch: idee |
 Norwegian: forestilling, idé |
 Polish: pojęcie |
 Persian: انديشه |
 Pashto: فكر،توجه |
 Portuguese: noção |
 Romanian: idee; noţiune |
 Russian: понятие |
 Slovak: poňatie |
 Slovenian: pojem |
 Serbian: razumevanje |
 Swedish: aning, begrepp |
 Thai: ความเข้าใจ |
 Turkish: fikir, bilgi |
 Taiwanese: 理解 |
 Ukrainian: поняття; уявлення |
 Urdu: سمجھ |
 Vietnamese: khái niệm |
 Chinese: 理解 |
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