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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1969 COCA: 1714

notion

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
notion /ˈnoʊʃən/ noun
plural notions
notion
/ˈnoʊʃən/
noun
plural notions
Learner's definition of NOTION
[count] : an idea or opinion想法;观念
[count] : an idea about doing something : a sudden wish or desire意图;打算;一时兴致
notions [plural] US : small useful things (such as pins, thread, and buttons) that are used for sewing缝纫小件(如针、线、纽扣)
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1969 COCA: 1714

notion

noun

no·​tion ˈnō-shən How to pronounce notion (audio)
1
a(1)
: an individual's conception or impression of something known, experienced, or imagined
They had different notions of right and wrong.
(2)
: an inclusive general concept
arriving at the notion of law Irving Babbitt
(3)
: a theory or belief held by a person or group
the notion of original sin
b
: a personal inclination : whim
He had a notion to try skydiving.
2
obsolete : mind, intellect
3
notions plural : small useful items : sundries
found the thread she wanted among the shop's notions
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idea, concept, conception, thought, notion, impression mean what exists in the mind as a representation (as of something comprehended) or as a formulation (as of a plan).

idea may apply to a mental image or formulation of something seen or known or imagined, to a pure abstraction, or to something assumed or vaguely sensed.

innovative ideas
my idea of paradise

concept may apply to the idea formed by consideration of instances of a species or genus or, more broadly, to any idea of what a thing ought to be.

a society with no concept of private property

conception is often interchangeable with concept; it may stress the process of imagining or formulating rather than the result.

our changing conception of what constitutes art

thought is likely to suggest the result of reflecting, reasoning, or meditating rather than of imagining.

commit your thoughts to paper

notion suggests an idea not much resolved by analysis or reflection and may suggest the capricious or accidental.

you have the oddest notions

impression applies to an idea or notion resulting immediately from some stimulation of the senses.

the first impression is of soaring height

Example Sentences

He has some pretty strange notions. She had a vague notion about what happened. The study disproves any notion that dolphins are not intelligent. She had a notion to try skydiving. a sewing shop that sells fabrics, books, tools, and notions
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Word History

Etymology

Latin notion-, notio, from noscere

First Known Use

1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(2)

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The first known use of notion was in 1531
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1969 COCA: 1714
notion

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + NOTION | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEabsurd, foolish, misguided, ridiculous, silly荒謬的/愚蠢的/被誤導的/滑稽的/傻乎乎的想法foggiest, vague極含糊的/模糊的想法I haven't the foggiest notion of how to get there.我壓根兒就不知道怎樣去那兒。romantic浪漫的想法accepted, common, conventional, popular, traditional公認的觀點;常見的觀點;傳統的觀念preconceived先入為主的看法basic, general基本/普通看法There seems to be a general notion that nothing can be done about the problem.人們似乎普遍認為這個問題沒法解決。simple, simplistic簡單的概念;過分簡單的想法false錯誤的觀念VERB + NOTIONhave有⋯想法He has a very vague notion of who his customers are.他對哪些人是他的客戶只有一個非常模糊的概念。challenge, debunk, dismiss, dispel挑戰觀念;揭穿想法;摒除觀念;打消念頭We must dispel this notion that you can rely on the state for everything.我們必須打消一切都要靠國家的念頭。accept, entertain接受/採納觀念They refused to entertain the notion.他們拒絕接受這一主張。reinforce, support強化/支持觀念PREPOSITIONnotion of⋯的觀念They have come to reject the traditional notion of womanhood.他們已經到了反對有關婦女的傳統觀念的地步。

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