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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 nōtiō, nōtiōn-, from nōtus, known, past participle of nōscere, to get to know.]

noun

1. Something believed or accepted as true by a person: belief, conviction, feeling, idea, mind, opinion, persuasion, position, sentiment, view. See opinion.
2. That which exists in the mind as the product of careful mental activity: concept, conception, idea, image, perception, thought. See thoughts.
3. An impulsive, often illogical turn of mind: bee, boutade, caprice, conceit, fancy, freak, humor, impulse, megrim, vagary, whim, whimsy. Idioms: bee in one's bonnet. See thoughts.

n

Definition: whim, desire
Antonyms: need

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IN BRIEF: A generally accepted idea.

It is my notion that an apple a day will keep the doctor away.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - idé, opfattelse, begreb

Nederlands (Dutch)
idee, mening, benul, denkbeeld, (mv) handige spulletjes (m.n. fournituren), gril

Français (French)
n. - idée, notion, envie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vorstellung, Begriff, Ahnung, Neigung, Absicht

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (γενική) αντίληψη, γνώμη ή ιδέα, σκέψη, (μτφ.) εντύπωση, αίσθηση

Italiano (Italian)
nozione, idea

Português (Portuguese)
n. - noção (f), opinião (f), intenção (f), teoria (f), idéia (f) absurda

Русский (Russian)
понятие, мнение, каприз

Español (Spanish)
n. - noción, idea, concepto, opinión

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - begrepp, åsikt, uppfattning, aning, idé, lust

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
概念, 想法, 观念

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 概念, 想法, 觀念

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 관념, 의향, 이해력, 잡화

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 観念, 概念, 考え, 意図, 思いつき, 小間物

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فكرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מושג, רעיון, כוונה, דיעה, תפיסה, דברי סדקית‬

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