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notions

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no·tion  (nshn)
n.
1. A belief or opinion.
2. A mental image or representation; an idea or conception.
3. A fanciful impulse; a whim. See Synonyms at idea.
4. notions Small lightweight items for household use, such as needles, buttons, and thread.
[Middle English nocioun, concept, from Latin nti, ntin-, from ntus, known, past participle of nscere, to get to know; see gn- in Indo-European roots.]
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notions
sewing notions
notions [ˈnəʊʃənz]
pl n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) Chiefly US and Canadian pins, cotton, ribbon, and similar wares used for sewing; haberdashery
Translations
notions [ˈnəʊʃənz] npl (US) (= haberdashery) → mercerie f


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Accordingly, whereas we not infrequently have ideas or notions in which some falsity is contained, this can only be the case with such as are to some extent confused and obscure, and in this proceed from nothing (participate of negation), that is, exist in us thus confused because we are not wholly perfect.
Reason For Discourse by Descartes, Rene View in context
This gossiping familiarity shocked the captain's notions of rank and subordination, and nothing was so abhorrent to him as the community of pipe between master and man, and their mingling in chorus in the outlandish boat-songs.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
The natural divisions are five in number;--( 1) Book I and the first half of Book II down to the paragraph beginning, "I had always admired the genius of Glaucon and Adeimantus," which is introductory; the first book containing a refutation of the popular and sophistical notions of justice, and concluding, like some of the earlier Dialogues, without arriving at any definite result.
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