Sekirov Dictionary

notional

UK /ˈnəʊʃənəl/US /ˈnoʊʃənəl/

adjective 6
noun 1
forms 3

adjective6

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Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.
- The idea that a rooster says cock-a-doodle-doo rather than ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh is socially conventional even though its sound correspondence is at heart notional.
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Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research.
- This paper proposes a notional Federated Identity Management (FIM) architecture.
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Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount
- Gold traded at $909.00 an ounce, up 0.2 percent from New York's notional close of $906.65 on Wednesday. — 2009
Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category.
(informal) Full of ideas or imaginings.
Stubborn.

noun1

A fake company used as a front in espionage.

forms

notionals · more notional · most notional

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