imagination
31imagination — n. 1) to excite, fire smb. s imagination 2) to use one s imagination 3) to defy, stagger, stir smb. s imagination 4) an active, lively, vivid; creative; feeble; wild imagination 5) a figment of smb. s imagination 6) the imagination to + inf.… …
32imagination — [[t]ɪmæ̱ʤɪne͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ imaginations 1) N VAR Your imagination is the ability that you have to form pictures or ideas in your mind of things that are new and exciting, or things that you have not experienced. Antonia is a woman with a vivid… …
33imagination — noun 1 (C, U) the ability to form pictures or ideas in your mind: Children often have very vivid imaginations. | With a little imagination, he could visualize the old house as a luxury hotel. 2 (U) something that is caused only by your mind, and… …
34imagination — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Mental imagery Nouns 1. imagination, imaginativeness, originality, invention, fancy, creativeness, inspiration; mind s eye; verve, improvisation. 2. (image of perfection) ideality, idealism; romanticism …
35imagination*/ — [ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] the ability to form pictures or original ideas in your mind Was he scared, or was it just my imagination?[/ex] a child with a vivid imagination[/ex] Try to use your imagination when planning main meals.[/ex] Her… …
36imagination — imaginational, adj. /i maj euh nay sheuhn/, n. 1. the faculty of imagining, or of forming mental images or concepts of what is not actually present to the senses. 2. the action or process of forming such images or concepts. 3. the faculty of… …
37Imagination — Vision; Geistesbild; Vorstellung; Einbildung * * * Ima|gi|na|ti|on 〈f. 20〉 1. Einbildung 2. Einbildungskraft, Vorstellungskraft [<lat. imaginatio „Einbildung, Vorstellung“] * * * Ima|gi|na|ti|on, die; , en [frz. imagination < lat.… …
38Imagination — BONAPARTE (Napoléon) Bio express : Premier consul à vie puis empereur des Français (1769 1821) «Je n agis que sur les imaginations de la nation ; lorsque ce moyen me manquera, je ne serai plus rien.» Source : Maximes et… …
39imagination — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin imagination , imaginatio, from imaginari Date: 14th century 1. the act or power of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses or never before wholly perceived in… …
40imagination — noun 1) a vivid imagination Syn: creative power, fancy, vision; informal mind s eye 2) you need imagination in dealing with these problems Syn: creativity, imaginativeness, creativeness; vision, inspiration, inventiveness, invention …
