NOTION
\nˈə͡ʊʃən], \nˈəʊʃən], \n_ˈəʊ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of NOTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a general inclusive concept
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(usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items; "buttons and needles are notions"
By Princeton University
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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.
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A sentiment; an opinion.
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Sense; mind.
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An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as, Yankee notions.
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Inclination; intention; disposition; as, I have a notion to do it.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A sentiment; an opinion.
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Sense; mind.
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An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as, Yankee notions.
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Inclination; intention; disposition; as, I have a notion to do it.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A conception: opinion: belief: judgment.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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