Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with notion in American Collocation
notion
noun
countable
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
silly
That’s a ridiculous notion.
traditional
As a result, traditional notions of the classroom have begun to undergo a radical change.
not clear
Some of us have known from a very early age what career we want to pursue; others have only a vague notion.
clear
Alice had no very clear notion of how long ago it had happened.
incorrect
Is it a misguided notion to believe in the goodness of humanity?
basic
She seems to be questioning the basic notion that political legitimacy comes from democratic elections.
important
This is a central notion in Wittgenstein’s later thinking.
general
The introduction to the report will give you a general notion of some of the many problems we faced.
modern
But from the 1870s onwards the modern notion of addiction began to take shape.
simple or too simple
Their approach is based on the simple notion that it is more cost-effective to get it right first time than correct mistakes later.
old
We should move away from the outdated notion that education is only for the young.
particular
But it was more than twenty years earlier that he had come to accept this particular notion of perfection.
common
This is very different from the common notion of God.
whole
The whole notion of celebrity has changed.
existing as a thought in the mind
The acceptance of the abstract notion of an ‘afterlife’ is still a very powerful impulse in directing individual action.
slightest
I didn’t have the faintest notion of who she was!
strange
There was no medical evidence to support such a fanciful notion.
difficult to understand or deal with
Governments favour the idea of ‘sustainability’, but it is a complex notion.
have a notion
At the time I had no notion of where this would lead.
support a notion
Other studies support the notion that exercised muscles need protein very rapidly.
express doubts about a notion
Some scholars have rightly questioned this notion.
accept a notion
We cannot accept the notion of time-travelling.
refuse to accept a notion
Beth quickly dismisses the notion as absurd.
discuss a notion
This paper will discuss these two notions from a theoretical and historical point of view.
offer a notion so that it can be considered
The final story introduces the notion of immortality.
add details to a notion
He does not develop further his notion of how full European integration might be achieved.
explain the meaning of a notion
We must first define the notion of public interest.