imagination
//ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- imaginations
Definitions
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.
- 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.
- It is a pleasant imagination to conceive a spirit iustly ballanced betweene two equall desires.
- 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.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3200
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō.
Equivalent to imagine + -ation.