notionnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈnəʊ.ʃən/us/ˈnoʊ.ʃən/C1 a belief or idea:
[ + that ] The show's director rejects the notion that seeing violence on television has a harmful effect on children.
I have only a vague notion of what she does for a living.
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- He has some fanciful notion about converting one room of his apartment into a gallery.
- I don't think he has any notion of the seriousness of the situation.
- Dave's got some strange notion that you're only respectable if you own a piece of property.
- You must judge each film on its own merits, without any preconceived notions about what it's like.
- Whatever gave you that notion?
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Opinions, beliefs and points of view
- -ist
- article of faith
- attitude
- attitudinal
- baggage
- banner
- be a matter of opinion idiom
- eye
- judgment
- manifesto
- matter
- mindset
- mythology
- stand
- turn of mind
- voice
- what makes sb tick idiom
- your idea of sth idiom
- your two cents' worth idiom
- youth culture
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notion noun [ C or U ] (FOR SEWING)
notions [ plural ] US UK haberdashery
cloth, pins, thread, etc. used for sewing, or a shop or a department of a large store that sells these
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Knitting & sewing
- appliqué
- backing
- baste
- bind
- bobbin
- bodkin
- cable stitch
- handknitted
- hem
- knit
- knitter
- knitting
- needle
- sew sth up
- sewing
- sewing machine
- shorten
- skein
- spinner
- tack
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Idiom(s)
have/take a notion to do sth