The evidence helps to alleviate previous notions that gesture or sign language might interfere with or slow down language development.

I was utterly bereft of all my previous notions of reality".

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), too, worked off of the previous notions of the conatus principle.

No one dared to disobey him, even though half an hour later he had forgotten his previous foolhardy notions and wandered off to hunt worms.

He came lumbering out, revising all my previous notions of the definition of ugly, and promptly fell in love with me.

Normal number (computing), a floating-point number within the balanced range supported by a given format (unrelated to the previous notion).

You don't want to take any previous notions.

This means that all previous notions on how to deal with recessions/depressions can be thrown out.

The offer relieved him from considerable embarrassment, for his previous notions of loading a pistol were rather vague and undefined.

If not, we must avoid it, even though the omission may clash with our previous notions of duty and even of justice.