notion

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 notae. Source: opted

2. A sentiment; an opinion. Source: opted

3. Sense; mind. Source: opted

4. An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as, Yankee notions. Source: opted

5. Inclination; intention; disposition; as, I have a notion to do it. Source: opted

6. n. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed Source: wordnet

7. n. a general inclusive concept Source: wordnet

8. n. an odd or fanciful or capricious idea Source: wordnet

9. n. (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items Source: wordnet

10. 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. What hath been generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles. Sir I. Newton. Few agree in their notions about these words. Cheyne. That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought, wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the "idea" of hunger, cold, etc. I. Watts. 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. Sir W. Hamilton. 2. A sentiment; an opinion. The extravagant notion they entertain of themselves. Addison. A perverse will easily collects together a system of notions to justify itself in its obliquity. J. H. Newman. 3. Sense; mind. [Obs.] Shak. 4. An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as, Yankee notions. [Colloq.] 5. Inclination; intention; disposition; as, I have a notion to do it. [Colloq.] Source: webster

11. n:100 n. a general inclusive concept n. an odd or fanciful or capricious idea n. (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items Source: ecdict

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