Notion Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of NOTION

1

[count]

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an idea or opinion

• He has some pretty strange notions.
• I only have a (slight) notion of the poem's meaning.
• She had a vague notion about what happened.
• They have different notions [=_conceptions_] of right and wrong.
• The study disproves any notion that dolphins are not intelligent.

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[count]

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an idea about doing something

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a sudden wish or desire

• She had a notion to try skydiving.

3

notions

[plural]

US

:

small useful things (such as pins, thread, and buttons) that are used for sewing

• a sewing shop that sells fabrics, books, tools, and notions