Notion

Meaning

Notion means an idea, belief, or understanding about something, especially one that may not be completely certain or clearly developed.

Pronunciation

/ˈnəʊ.ʃən/

Word Forms

• Noun: notion
• Plural: notions
• Related adjective: notional

Synonyms

Antonyms

Common Collocations

• have a notion — to have an idea or belief about something.
• the notion that — an idea or belief that something is true.
• popular notion — an idea or belief widely held by people.
• vague notion — an unclear or poorly defined idea.
• preconceived notion — an opinion formed before having enough information or experience.
• notion of something — an idea or understanding of something.

Example Sentences

• She rejected the notion that success could be measured only by money.
• I had only a vague notion of what the job would involve.
• The novel challenges the popular notion of what it means to be a hero.
• He has a strange notion that everyone is secretly watching him.
• The idea seemed ridiculous at first, but the notion gradually began to make sense.

Literary Example

Example:

“The notion of being a man of fashion was quite new to him.”

— Jane Austen, Emma

Here, notion means an idea or conception about something. The word refers to a particular idea of what it meant to be considered a fashionable man.

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