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notional in French

notional in French is notionnel — notional means existing only as an idea, not as something real.

notional in French

notionnel
adj

What does "notional" mean?

  1. adj Existing only as an idea, not as something real.
    "He was now receiving reports of a second suspect Anglo Leasing deal, this time for the notional provision of a state-of-the-art police forensic laboratory."
  2. adj Based on guesswork or theory rather than on actual study.
    "This paper proposes a notional Federated Identity Management (FIM) architecture."
  3. adj (grammar) Describing meaning rather than grammatical function.
  4. adj Used to show a rough figure given only as a guide.
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notional in a sentence

  • He was now receiving reports of a second suspect Anglo Leasing deal, this time for the notional provision of a state-of-the-art police forensic laboratory.
  • 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.
  • This paper proposes a notional Federated Identity Management (FIM) architecture.

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What is "notional" in French?
"notional" in French is notionnel. notional means: Existing only as an idea, not as something real.
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