Define Notion

1. Define Preconceived Notion
2. Define Notional Plan

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latinnōtiō('a becoming acquainted, a taking cognizance, an examination, an investigation, a conception, idea, notion'), from nōscere('to know'). Compare Frenchnotion. See know.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊʃən/
• (General American)IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊʃən/

• Audio (US)

• Rhymes: -əʊʃən

Noun[edit]

notion (pluralnotions)

1. Mentalapprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
   • 1704, Isaac Newton, Opticks:

     What hath been generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles.

   • 1705-1715', George Cheyne, The Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed

     there are few that agree in their Notions about them:.

   • 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard

     That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought, wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the 'idea' of hunger, cold, etc.

   • 1858-1860, Sir William Hamilton, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic

     Notion, again, signifies either the act of apprehending, signalizing, that is, the remarking or taking note of, the various notes, marks, or characters of an object which its qualities afford, or the result of that act.

2. A sentiment; an opinion.
   • 1715 April 13, Joseph Addison, 'The Free-holder: No. 30. Saturday, April 2. [1715.] [Julian calendar]', in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq;[…], volume IV, London: […]Jacob Tonson,[…], published 1721, :

     The extravagant notion they entertain of themselves.

   • December 2, 1832, John Henry Newman, Wilfulness, the Sin of Saul

     A perverse will easily collects together a system of notions to justify itself in its obliquity.

   • 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:

     'Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke[…]whom the papers are making such a fuss about.'

3. (obsolete)Sense; mind.
   • c.1606, William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedie of Macbeth', in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […]Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, , [Act III, scene i], page 140:

     Who wrought with them, and all things else that might / To half a soul and to a notion crazed / Say, 'Thus did Banquo.'

4. (colloquial) An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.
5. Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, either for attachment to garments or as a tool, such as a button, zipper, or thimble.
6. (colloquial)Inclination; intention; disposition.

   I have a notion to do it.

Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

Define Preconceived Notion

Further reading[edit]

• notion in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• notion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• notion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for notion in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French[edit]

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latinnōtiō('a becoming acquainted, a taking cognizance, an examination, an investigation, a conception, idea, notion'), from nōscere('to know'). Compare Frenchnotion. See know.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊʃən/
• (General American)IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊʃən/

• Audio (US)

• Rhymes: -əʊʃən

Noun[edit]

notion (pluralnotions)

1. Mentalapprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
   • 1704, Isaac Newton, Opticks:

     What hath been generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles.

   • 1705-1715', George Cheyne, The Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed

     there are few that agree in their Notions about them:.

   • 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard

     That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought, wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the 'idea' of hunger, cold, etc.

   • 1858-1860, Sir William Hamilton, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic

     Notion, again, signifies either the act of apprehending, signalizing, that is, the remarking or taking note of, the various notes, marks, or characters of an object which its qualities afford, or the result of that act.

2. A sentiment; an opinion.
   • 1715 April 13, Joseph Addison, 'The Free-holder: No. 30. Saturday, April 2. [1715.] [Julian calendar]', in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq;[…], volume IV, London: […]Jacob Tonson,[…], published 1721, :

     The extravagant notion they entertain of themselves.

   • December 2, 1832, John Henry Newman, Wilfulness, the Sin of Saul

     A perverse will easily collects together a system of notions to justify itself in its obliquity.

   • 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:

     'Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke[…]whom the papers are making such a fuss about.'

3. (obsolete)Sense; mind.
   • c.1606, William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedie of Macbeth', in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […]Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, , [Act III, scene i], page 140:

     Who wrought with them, and all things else that might / To half a soul and to a notion crazed / Say, 'Thus did Banquo.'

4. (colloquial) An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.
5. Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, either for attachment to garments or as a tool, such as a button, zipper, or thimble.
6. (colloquial)Inclination; intention; disposition.

   I have a notion to do it.

Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

Define Preconceived Notion

Further reading[edit]

• notion in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• notion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• notion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for notion in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French[edit]

Define Notional Plan

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latinnōtiō, nōtiōnem.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /nɔ.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

Noun[edit]

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Further reading[edit]

• 'notion' in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).