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imaginable

[ih-maj-uh-nuh-buh l]

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adjective

capable of being imagined or conceived.

RELATED WORDS

plausible, sensible, conceivable, calculable, comprehensible, convincing, credible, likely, thinkable, apprehensible, supposable

Origin of imaginable

1325–75; Middle English < Late Latin imāginābilis, equivalent to Latin imāginā(rī) to imagine + -bilis -ble

Related formsi·mag·i·na·ble·ness, nouni·mag·i·na·bly, adverbun·im·ag·i·na·ble, adjectiveun·im·ag·i·na·ble·ness, nounun·im·ag·i·na·bly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for imaginable

Contemporary Examples of imaginable

No imaginable circumstance could make a reasonable Ford-owner think, “Damn, I should have bought that Ferrari.”
Obama’s Defiant Obamacare Defense in Boston
Michael Tomasky
October 31, 2013
He once begged the legislature for every imaginable kind of tax hike— without any coercion.
2012 GOP Presidential Candidates Raised Taxes
Andrew Romano
April 19, 2011
They have every imaginable spice and all the hard-to-find ingredients.
Fresh Picks
Eric Ripert
July 7, 2009

Historical Examples of imaginable

And in the silence Rickman's mind wandered free among all imaginable horrors and forebodings.
The Divine Fire
May Sinclair
"I've thought over every imaginable way of getting it too," continued Tuppence.
The Secret Adversary
Agatha Christie
To permit thee to go thy present ways would be to open our gates to vanity and envy and all imaginable folly.
Prairie Gold
Various
The least imaginable opposition to his judgment or his pleasure, would draw forth his rebukes.
Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again
Joseph Barker
Male coquetry justifies female retaliation to any imaginable extent.
Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth

Word Origin and History for imaginable

adj.

late 14c., ymaginable, from Old French imaginable and directly from Late Latin imaginabilis, from Latin imaginari (see imagine). Related: Imaginably.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper