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imagination
[ ih-maj-uh-ney-shuhn ]
/ ÉŖĖmƦdŹ ÉĖneÉŖ ŹÉn /
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Origin of imagination
synonym study for imagination
3. See fancy.
OTHER WORDS FROM imagination
iĀ·magĀ·iĀ·naĀ·tionĀ·al, adjectivenonĀ·imĀ·agĀ·iĀ·naĀ·tionĀ·al, adjectiveWords nearby imagination
imaginary axis, imaginary number, imaginary part, imaginary runner, imaginary unit, imagination, imaginative, imagine, imagineer, imagineering, imaging
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How to use imagination in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for imagination
imagination
/ (ÉŖĖmƦdŹÉŖĖneÉŖŹÉn) /
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, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Other Idioms and Phrases with imagination
imagination
see figment of one's imagination.
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