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Notional Common

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Notional has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

A fake company used as a front in espionage.

Adjective
1

not based on fact; existing only in the imagination

"the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"

"a small child's imaginary friends"

"to create a notional world for oneself"

2

not based on fact or investigation

"a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"

"speculative knowledge"

3

indulging in or influenced by fancy

"a fanciful mind"

"all the notional vagaries of childhood"

4

being of the nature of a notion or concept

"a plan abstract and conceptional"

"to improve notional comprehension"

"a notional response to the question"

5

Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.

Example Sentences
"the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties" adjective
"a small child's imaginary friends" adjective
"to create a notional world for oneself" adjective
"a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs" adjective
"speculative knowledge" adjective
"a fanciful mind" adjective
"all the notional vagaries of childhood" adjective
"a plan abstract and conceptional" adjective
"to improve notional comprehension" adjective
"a notional response to the question" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
nal unal anal enal binal ianal fanal genal penal conal winal final monal manal gonal dunal zonal venal banal tonal
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