imagination

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English

Etymology

From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

imagination (countable and uncountable, plural imaginations)

  1. The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.
    Imagination is one of the most advanced human faculties.
    • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:
      She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination.
  2. Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.
    You think someone's been following you? That's just your imagination.
  3. Creativity; resourcefulness.
    His imagination makes him a valuable team member.
  4. A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.
    Synonyms: conception, notion, imagining
    • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Youth and Age”, in The Essayes , 3rd edition, London: Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
      And yet the invention of young men, is more lively than that of old; and imaginations stream into their minds better, and, as it were, more divinely.

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French

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French imaginacion, borrowed from Latin imāginātiōnem.

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Noun

imagination f (plural imaginations)

  1. (countable and uncountable) imagination

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Middle French

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Etymology

From Old French imaginacion, borrowed from Latin imāginātiō.

Noun

imagination f (plural imaginations)

  1. (countable and uncountable) imagination
  2. thought; reflection; idea

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