Noun

(uncountable) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.

(countable) That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.

Noun

(en noun)

Mental]] apprehension of whatever may be known, [[think, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.

* (Isaac Newton) (1642-1727)

What hath been generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles.

* (George Cheyne) (1671-1743)

Few agree in their notions about these words.

* (Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)

That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought, wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the "idea" of hunger, cold, etc.

* (Alexander Hamilton) (ca.1756-1804)

Notion , again, signifies either the act of apprehending, signalizing, that is, the remarking or taking note of, the various notes, marks, or characters of an object which its qualities afford, or the result of that act.

A sentiment; an opinion.

* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

The extravagant notion they entertain of themselves.

* (John Henry Newman) (1801-1890)

A perverse will easily collects together a system of notions to justify itself in its obliquity.

*{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild

, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1 , passage=“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke

(label) Sense; mind. Shakespeare.

(label) An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.

Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, such as a button or zipper.

(label) Inclination; intention; disposition.