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notional in British English ; 1. relating to, expressing, or consisting of notions or ideas ; 2. not evident in reality; hypothetical or imaginary ; 3. EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'notional'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× notional (noʊʃənəl ) adjective Somethingthatisnotionalexistsonlyintheoryorasasuggestionoridea,butnotinreality. [formal]...thenotionalvalueofstateassets. Synonyms:hypothetical,ideal,abstract,theoretical MoreSynonymsofnotional notionally adverb[ADVERBwithverb]...thosewhonotionallysupportedtherepublicbutdidnothingintermsofaction. Thatmeantthathe,notionallyatleast,outrankedthemall. 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EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency notionalinBritishEnglish (ˈnəʊʃənəl ) adjective1. relatingto,expressing,orconsistingofnotionsorideas 2. notevidentinreality;hypotheticalorimaginary anotionaltaxcredit 3. characteristicofanotionorconcept,espinbeingspeculativeorimaginary;abstract 4. grammara. (ofaword)havinglexicalmeaning b. anotherwordforsemantic CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformsnotionally(ˈnotionally)adverb WordFrequency notionalinAmericanEnglish (ˈnoʊʃənəl ) adjective1.  of,expressing,orconsistingofnotions,orconcepts 2.  imaginary;notactual toinhabitanotionalworld 3. US havingvisionaryideas;giventowhims;fanciful 4. Grammar havingfulllexical,asdistinguishedfromrelational,meaning “have”isnotionalin“wehaveaproblem”andrelationalin“wehavesolvedaproblem” Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformsnotionally(ˈnotionally) adverb WordoriginMLnotionalis WordFrequency notionalinAmericanEnglish (ˈnouʃənl) adjective1. pertainingtoorexpressinganotionoridea 2. ofthenatureofanotionoridea anotionalresponsetothequestion 3. abstract,theoretical,orspeculative,asreflectivethought 4. notrealoractual;idealorimaginary tocreateanotionalworldforoneself 5. giventoorfulloffoolishorfancifulideasormoods 6. Grammara. relatingtothemeaningexpressedbyalinguisticform b. havingfulllexicalmeaning,incontrasttorelational 7. (insemantics) belongingtoaclassofwordsthatexpressclearconceptsratherthanrelationsbetweenconcepts;presentiveComparerelational(sense3),symbolic(sense4) Mostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Derivedformsnotionalitynoun notionallyadverb Wordorigin[1590–1600;notion+-al1] Examplesof'notional'inasentence notional Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… Theyhavegottogoonactualrentalvalue,notsomenotionalrentalvaluebasedonspace.Times,SundayTimes(2017)Thatismoreinterestingthanthenotionalmajorityyoucouldheadlineforeither.Times,SundayTimes(2010)Taxpayersareonly10percentawayfrommakinganotionalprofitontheirholding.Times,SundayTimes(2011)Itisimportanttonotethatthedefaultriskofswapsisnotthesameasthedefaultriskonthefullamountofthenotionalprincipal.Mishkin,FredericS.FinancialMarkets,InstitutionsandMoney(1995)Thosebonusesreflectednotionaltradingprofitsmadeinthebanks'treasuryoperations,proprietarytradingdesksandelsewhere.Times,SundayTimes(2009) Trendsof notional Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Browsealphabetically notional notionofperfection notionofself notionoftruth notional notionalist notionality notionate AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'N' Source DefinitionofnotionalfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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