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— John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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Able to be tolerated or allowed; satisfactory or suitable for a particular purpose or situation.

“The teacher said that a score of 70% or higher was acceptable for passing the test.”

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notional

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈnəʊʃənəl/

A fake company used as a front in espionage.

In a Sentence

“The spy created a notional company to conceal his real operations.”

Origin

From Latin notio ‘idea, concept’, via French notional.

Common Phrases

principal notionalamount notionalvalue notional. notionalannual notionalamounts notionalnotional purely

Synonyms

abstractfancifultheoreticalunrealcreativespeculative

Antonyms

realconcrete

Related Words

ideationalimaginaryimaginedtheoreticoriginative

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