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imagination

[ ih-maj-uh-ney-shuhn ]
/ ɪˌmƦdŹ’ É™ĖˆneÉŖ ŹƒÉ™n /
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noun
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Origin of imagination

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, Middle French, from Latin imāginātiōn- (stem of imāginātiō ) ā€œmental image, fancy,ā€ equivalent to imāgināt(us), past participle of the verb imāginārÄ« imagine (imāgin-, stem of imāgō image + -ātus -ate1) + -iōn- -ion

synonym study for imagination

3. See fancy.

OTHER WORDS FROM imagination

iĀ·magĀ·iĀ·naĀ·tionĀ·al, adjectivenonĀ·imĀ·agĀ·iĀ·naĀ·tionĀ·al, adjective
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How to use imagination in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for imagination

imagination
/ (ɪˌmƦdŹ’ÉŖĖˆneÉŖŹƒÉ™n) /

noun
the faculty or action of producing ideas, esp mental images of what is not present or has not been experienced
mental creative ability
the ability to deal resourcefully with unexpected or unusual problems, circumstances, etc
(in romantic literary criticism, esp that of S. T. Coleridge) a creative act of perception that joins passive and active elements in thinking and imposes unity on the poetic materialCompare fancy (def. 9)

Derived forms of imagination

imaginational, adjective
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Other Idioms and Phrases with imagination

imagination

see figment of one's imagination.

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