imaginable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- imaginableness noun
- imaginably adverb
- unimaginable adjective
- unimaginableness noun
- unimaginably adverb
Etymology
Origin of imaginable
1325–75; Middle English < Late Latin imāginābilis, equivalent to Latin imāginā ( rī ) to imagine + -bilis -ble
Example Sentences
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After a lifetime in higher education, McMaster University sociology professor Vic Satzewich thought he had heard every excuse imaginable for why a student couldn’t turn in her homework.
Gowda - whose eye-popping collection includes rare editions of the Bible, along with books on every subject imaginable - comes from a farming family where books were a luxury.
From BBC
I learned every imaginable way of swimming, and at night I floated on my back under the stars.
From Literature
It feels like what a musical AI would create when asked to write the most popular song imaginable.”
My early smoothie experiments ended with a freezer full of ice-burned banana slices and sad curls of kale — truly the saddest smoothie packs imaginable.
From Salon
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