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NOTION
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notion substantiv
1. (filoz.) noţiune, concept.
2. noţiune, idee;
to form a true notion of smth. a-şi forma o idee exactă / precisă despre un lucru;
to have no notion of smth. a nu avea (nici cea mai mică) idee de ceva, a nu avea habar de ceva;
to have no notion of time a nu avea noţiunea timpului.
3. opinie, părere, gând,, sentiment;
I have a notion that mi-am băgat în cap ideea / părerea că; îmi vine în cap gândul;
such is the common notion aceasta este părerea generală.
4. capriciu;
as the notion takes him după capriciu, după cum îl duce fantezia;
to have (half) a notion to do smth. a-şi pune în gând să facă ceva; a-şi băga în cap să facă ceva.
5. (înv.) invenţie, născocire; plural (amer.) invenţii mărunte (şi ieftine), mici născociri ingenioase.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
A singular notion dawned upon me.
(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)
Some people have such extraordinary notions of humor.
(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But this will just give you a notion of the general rate of drinking there.
(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)
But she can pet and comfort him after I'm gone, and so cure him of this romantic notion.
(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)
That notion was soon given over.
(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)
I have not the least notion at whom, or what he meant by it.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
They are given wrong notions from the beginning.
(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)
One takes up a notion, and runs away with it.
(Emma, de Jane Austen)
I have a notion, said Sir John, that Miss Marianne would not object to such a scheme, if her elder sister would come into it.
(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)
Elizabeth laughed heartily at this picture of herself, and said to Colonel Fitzwilliam, Your cousin will give you a very pretty notion of me, and teach you not to believe a word I say.
(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)