American English pronunciation
How to pronounce imagination
IPA transcription: [,ɪ,mædʒə'neɪʃən]
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Noun
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the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
“popular imagination created a world of demons”
“imagination reveals what the world could be”
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the ability to form mental images of things or events
“he could still hear her in his imagination”
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the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
“a man of resource”
Usage examples
- Some critics suggest this conclusion remains within the persona of Faust and his imagination.
- It’s all imagination.
- The character stirred Caniff's imagination, and he hired Ilona Massey to pose for him.
- We used all your imagination to design the place.
- Flournoy determined that Smith's claims were spurious, based on fantasy and imagination.
- Imagined monstrosities capered and gibbered in his imagination as he tried not to look behind him.
- Imagined monstrosities capered and gibbered in his imagination as he tried not to look behind him.
- This usage refers to the imagination.
- Imagined monstrosities capered and gibbered in his imagination as he tried not to look behind him.
- The fire represents the highest level of imagination and emanates from a three-tiered censer.