English-Thai Dictionary

notional

ADJ ซึ่ง ประมาณ ไว้  ซึ่ง คาด ตามหลักการ  sueng-pra-man-wai

 

notionally

ADJ อย่าง ประมา ณ  yang-pra-man

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NOTIONAL

a. 1. Imaginary; ideal; existing in idea only; visionary; fantastical.
Notional good, by fancy only made. A notional and imaginary thing.
2. Dealing in imaginary things; whimsical; fanciful; as a notional man.

 

NOTIONALITY

n.Empty ungrounded opinion. [Not used. ]

 

NOTIONALLY

adv. In mental apprehension; in conception; not in reality. Two faculties notionally or really distinct.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NOTIONAL

NOTIONAL No "tion *al, a.

 

1. Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions.

 

2. Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical. Discourses of speculative and notional things. Evelyn.

 

3. Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical; fanciful; as, a notional man.

 

NOTIONALITY

NOTIONALITY No `tion *al "i *ty, n.

 

Defn: A notional or groundless opinion. [R.] Glanvill.

 

NOTIONALLY

NOTIONALLY No "tion *al *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In mental apprehension; in conception; not in reality. Two faculties... notionally or really distinct. Norris.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

notional

no tion al |ˈnōSHənəl ˈnoʊʃənl | ▶adjective 1 existing only in theory or as a suggestion or idea: notional budgets for hospital and community health services. • existing only in the imagination: Lizzie seemed to vanish into thin air, as if her presence were merely notional. 2 Linguistics denoting or relating to an approach to grammar that is dependent on the definition of terminology (e.g., “a verb is an action word ”) as opposed to identification of structures and processes. 3 (in language teaching ) denoting or relating to a syllabus that aims to develop communicative competence. DERIVATIVES no tion al ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English (in the Latin sense ): from obsolete French, or from medieval Latin notionalis ‘relating to an idea, ’ from notion- ‘idea ’ (see notion ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

notional

no |tion ¦al |ˈnəʊʃ (ə )n (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 existing as or based on a suggestion, estimate, or theory; not existing in reality: notional budgets for hospital and community health services. 2 Linguistics denoting or relating to an approach to grammar which is dependent on the definition of terminology (e.g. ‘a verb is a doing word ’) as opposed to identification of structures and processes. DERIVATIVES notionally adverb ORIGIN late Middle English (in the Latin sense ): from obsolete French, or from medieval Latin notionalis ‘relating to an idea ’, from notio (n- )‘idea ’ (see notion ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

notional

notional adjective the notional line between East and West: hypothetical, theoretical, speculative, conjectural, suppositional, putative, conceptual; imaginary, fanciful, unreal, illusory. ANTONYMS actual.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

notional

notional adjective the notional dividing line between the eastern and western zones. See theoretical (sense 2 ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

notional

no tion al /nóʊʃ (ə )n (ə )l /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠理論上の, 概念 [観念 ]的な ; 現実的でない, 架空の ▸ a notional plan 机上プラン ～ly 副詞