Imagination Meaning
/ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.
nounParticularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.
Sentence Examples
Imagination affects every aspect of our lives.
With the power of imagination, we can even travel through space.
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Her creative ____ allowed her to invent amazing stories for the children.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō. Equivalent to imagine + -ation.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination."
— 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
"It is a pleasant imagination to conceive a spirit iustly ballanced betweene two equall desires."
— 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 14, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →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."
— 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Youth and Age”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
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Her creative ____ allowed her to invent amazing stories for the children.