notion
/ˈnoʊʃən/ noun B1- Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
- A sentiment; an opinion.
- An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack. · Yankee notions
- Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, either for attachment to garments or as a tool, such as a button, zipper, or thimble.
- Inclination; intention; predisposition; disposition. · I have a notion to do it.
Plural notions
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“Perhaps it doesn’t understand English,” thought Alice; “I daresay it’s a French mouse, come over with William the Conqueror.” (For, with all her knowledge of history, Alice had no very clear notion how long ago anything had happened.) So she began again: “Où est ma chatte?” which was the first sentence in her French lesson-book.
“You can really have no notion how delightful it will be When they take us up and throw us, with the lobsters, out to sea!” But the snail replied “Too far, too far!” and gave a look askance— Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance.
My notion was that you had been
It was one very warm day that a new notion came to Bagheera--born of something that he had heard.
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