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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-maj-uh-ney-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˌmædʒ əˈneɪ ʃən



Definition of imagination

Origin :
  • "faculty of the mind which forms and manipulates images," mid-14c., ymaginacion, from Old French imaginacion "concept, mental picture; hallucination," from Latin imaginationem (nominative imaginatio) "imagination, a fancy," noun of action from past participle stem of imaginari (see imagine).
  • noun power to create in one's mind
Example sentences :
  • Moreover, I believe, dearest Eudora, that half your wrongs are in your own imagination.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • They are barren, till the imagination has tenanted them with possibilities of danger and dismay.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • The miseries of Tasso arose not only from the imagination and the heart.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Hitherto he had heard their voices in the dimness of imagination.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • Those who have Imagination live in a land of enchantment which the eyes of others cannot see.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • However, I am going to give my imagination rein, and string some rhymes about them.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • But his faith in the France of his imagination was not daunted.
  • Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • It seemed almost too great a stretch for even her imagination.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Since he had no imagination, he could have no real sympathy.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • With his lack of imagination, he could not interpret what this time must mean to the girl before him.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

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