transitive verb To apprehend by reason or imagination to take into the mind to know to imagine to comprehend to understand.transitive verb To form in the mind to plan to devise to generate to originate.transitive verb To receive into the womb and begin to breed to begin the formation of the embryo of.To take in a mental image have or form a conception or idea have apprehension think: with of.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.To generate give rise to bring into existence.To become pregnant with bring into existence in the womb in an embryonic state.
To formulate in words express: as, he received a letter conceived in the following terms. To admit into the mind have a sense or impression of feel experience. To hold as an opinion think suppose believe. To form as a general notion in the mind represent in a general notion or conception in the mind hence, design plan devise. To apprehend in the mind form a distinct and correct notion of, or a notion which is not absurd: as, we cannot conceive an effect without a cause. intransitive verb To form or hold an idea. intransitive verb To begin or originate in a specific way. intransitive verb To be of the opinion that think. intransitive verb To apprehend mentally understand. intransitive verb To form or develop in the mind. intransitive verb To become pregnant with (offspring). Idea, concept, conception, thought, notion, and impression mean what exists in the mind as a representation (as of something comprehended) or as a formulation (as of a plan).From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. (a direct quote from Merriam-Webster dictionary) I do want to write sociology and philosophy papers. I do work a customer service job where I troubleshoot mobile phones. The contexts in which I will use this word, I think is for everyday talk. So opinion and impression is part of the merriam webster's definition. a theory or belief held by a person or group. an individual's conception or impression of something known, experienced, or imagined. Merriam Webster definition for conception is "an idea or opinion" Here are definition of the other words I am comparing notions to. I feel that I would have replaced notions with concepts or ideas. More belief in, Western notions and practices. This could be replaced with 'idea' or 'belief' or 'conception' right ?Įxample 3: Chinese people seem to have more affection for, and put I feel that I don't understand the use of "notion" in this sentence.Įxample 2: There are different notions of what public opinion is. for the above example, I feel that I could say:Įxample 1: Though the concept of beauty is timeless, notions of whatĬonstitutes the perfect physical form have changed over time. There are 3 definition for notion nevertheless, I am concerned withĭef1: (noun) conception of or belief about something: children haveĭifferent notions about the roles of their parents. Origin: Late Middle English: from Latin notio(n-) 'idea', from notus I mainly use the Oxford dictionary.Here are some definitions and examples from the oxford dictionary of English. Some people say notion means a loose concept or a loose idea. I would like to know what is the distinction between the following words: There is a word that is causing me trouble at this time. 
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