Notion

Noun

 * 1) 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 notæ.
 * 2) A sentiment; an opinion.
 * 3)  Sense; mind. Shakespeare.
 * 4)  An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as, Yankee notions.
 * 5)  Inclination; intention; disposition; as, I have a notion to do it.

Verbs for Notion
adopt—; cling to—; convey—; disprove—; distort—; embrace—; entertain—; entrench—; explode—; express—; gather —s; inculcate—; inherit—; justify—; retain—; ridicule—; scoff at—; tolerate—; —misleads; —persists.

Thesaurus
apprehension, assumption, attitude, automatic response, bare suggestion, bee, blind impulse, boutade, brain wave, brainstorm, capriccio, caprice, climate of opinion, clue, common belief, community sentiment, conceit, concept, conception, conclusion, consensus gentium, consideration, crank, craze, crazy idea, crotchet, cue, drive, estimate, estimation, ethos, eye, fad, fancy, fantastic notion, fantasy, feeling, flash, fleeting impulse, flimflam, fool notion, freak, freakish inspiration, general belief, general idea, gut response, half an idea, harebrained idea, hazy idea, hint, humor, idea, image, imago, impression, impulse, inclination, indication, inkling, inspiration, instinct, intellection, intellectual object, intimation, involuntary impulse, judgment, kink, lights, maggot, megrim, memory-trace, mental image, mental impression, mental picture, mere notion, mind, mystique, natural impulse, observation, opinion, passing fancy, perception, personal judgment, point of view, popular belief, position, posture, presumption, prevailing belief, public belief, public opinion, quick hunch, quirk, reaction, recept, reflection, reflex, representation, sentiment, sight, sneaking suspicion, stance, sudden thought, suggestion, supposition, suspicion, telltale, theory, thinking, thought, toy, urge, vagary, vague idea, view, way of thinking, whim, whim-wham, whimsy, wind

Etymology
From notio, French noscere:: compare French notion. See Know.

Pronunciation




Translations

 * Azeri: fikir, anlayış, məfhum
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * German: Ahnung, Ansicht, Auffassung, Begriff, Denkbild, Gedanke, Idee
 * Hungarian:, ,  elgondolás,
 * Kurdish:


 * Macedonian: поим, претстава
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: noţiune
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: fikir, kavram, mefhum, nosyon
 * Vietnamese: khái niệm


 * Czech:
 * German: Einfall
 * Macedonian: мисла,


 * Portuguese: noção, opinião
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Turkish: görüş


 * German: Neigung
 * Macedonian:


 * Portuguese:
 * Turkish: eğilim