notions
- 1Plural of notion.
Romantic notions of country life rarely survive a first winter on a working farm.
Her notions about leadership shifted once she had managed a team of her own.
Note
A plural that covers two quite different kinds of thing. Most often it gathers ideas, opinions or inclinations, as in romantic notions or notions about leadership. It also names the small articles of sewing and haberdashery, such as buttons, zippers and thimbles, which are either attached to garments or used as tools. The surrounding words nearly always settle which is meant.
notions is a form of notion
notion, noun: A mental grasp of something that can be known, thought, or imagined; an idea or concept. Full entry
- Forms
- notionnotions plural
- Spelling
- notion → notions: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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