notion
/ˈnoʊʃən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "What hath been generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles."
- "1705-1715, George Cheyne, The Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed there are few that agree in their Notions about them:."
- "That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought, wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the "idea" of hunger, cold, etc."
- "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."
- "The extravagant notion they entertain of themselves."
- "December 2, 1832, John Henry Newman, Wilfulness, the Sin of Saul A perverse will easily collects together a system of notions to justify itself in its obliquity."
Etymology
From Latin nōtiō (“a becoming acquainted, a taking cognizance, an examination, an investigation, a conception, idea, notion”), from nōscō (“to know”). Compare French notion. See know.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ǵneh₃-, nōtiō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnoʊʃən/
- British English: /ˈnəʊʃən/