2
general::
noun ADJ. absurd, peculiar, ridiculous | hazy, vague | faintest, foggiest I haven't the faintest notion how to get there. | romantic | accepted, conventional, traditional | preconceived | general There seems to be a general notion that nothing can be done about the problem. | simple, simplistic VERB + NOTION have He's got some vague notion that people will be queueing up to finance the project. | reject | accept | support | dispel We must dispel this notion that you can rely on the state for everything. PREP. ~ of They have come to reject the traditional notion of womanhood.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
3
general::
notion
verbs
have a notion
• He didn’t have a clear notion of what he had to do.
accept a notion
• Probably 95% of scientists now accept the notion that human activity is causing climate change.
support a notion
• There is no evidence to support the notion that girls are treated better than boys in school.
reinforce a notion
(= make an idea stronger or easier to believe )
• The research reinforces the notion that fathers have an important role in their children’s lives.
challenge/dispute a notion
• Copernicus challenged the notion that the sun goes around the earth.
reject/dismiss a notion
• Aristotle rejected the notion that the body and the soul are separate.
adjectives
a vague notion
(= an unclear idea )
• He had only a vague notion of what might happen next.
an absurd/ridiculous notion
• They had the ridiculous notion that they could make a living from singing.
a simple notion
• You cannot rate the project according to a simple notion of ‘value for money’: there are too many factors involved.
an abstract notion
• In art, how can you represent abstract notions such as peace or justice?
a romantic notion
(= one that is based on how you want something to be, not how it is in real life )
• He rejected the romantic notion of rugby as a game for gentlemen.
a preconceived notion
(= an idea that you have before you have enough knowledge or experience )
• The police were accused of twisting the evidence to meet their preconceived notion of his guilt.
an accepted/received notion
(= an idea that most people believe )
• These women challenged accepted notions of female roles in society.
the whole notion of something
(= used to emphasize that you are talking about a lot of related ideas, not just one specific idea )
• The movie makes us question the whole notion of what makes a hero.
phrases
not have the faintest/foggiest notion
(= not know or understand something at all )
• He had not the foggiest notion how far he might have to walk.
transnet.ir