Imagination definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

imagination. (ɪmædʒɪneɪʃən ). Word forms: plural imaginations. 1. variable noun. Your imagination is the ability that you have to form pictures or ideas in ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'imagination'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× imagination (ɪmædʒɪneɪʃən ) Wordforms:pluralimaginations 1. variablenoun Yourimaginationistheabilitythatyouhavetoformpicturesorideasinyourmindofthingsthat arenewandexciting,orthingsthatyouhavenotexperienced. Antoniaisawomanwithavividimagination. Alistairhadalogicalmind,andlittleimagination. TheGovernmentapproachdisplaysalackofimagination. Synonyms:creativity,vision,invention,ingenuity MoreSynonymsofimagination 2. countablenoun Yourimaginationisthepartofyourmindwhichallowsyoutoformpicturesorideasofthingsthat donotnecessarilyexistinreallife. LongbeforeIeverwentthere,Africawasaliveinmyimagination. Synonyms:mind'seye,fancy[old-fashioned,literary] MoreSynonymsofimagination 3. Seecapture/catchsb'simagination 4. Seestretchone'simagination 5. notbyanystretchoftheimagination MoreSynonymsofimagination COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof imagination Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'imagination' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'imagination' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'NewYearresolution' HindiTranslationof'imagination' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency imaginationinBritishEnglish (ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən ) noun1. thefacultyoractionofproducingideas,espmentalimagesofwhatisnotpresentorhasnot beenexperienced 2. mentalcreativeability 3. theabilitytodealresourcefullywithunexpectedorunusualproblems,circumstances,etc 4. (inromanticliterarycriticism,espthatofS.T.Coleridge)acreativeactofperceptionthatjoinspassiveandactiveelementsinthinkingandimposesunityonthepoeticmaterial Comparefancy(sense9) CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformsimaginational(imˌagiˈnational)adjective WordFrequency imaginationinAmericanEnglish (ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən ) noun1. a.  theactorpowerofformingmentalimagesofwhatisnotactuallypresent b.  theactorpowerofcreatingmentalimagesofwhathasneverbeenactuallyexperienced,orofcreatingnewimagesorideasbycombiningpreviousexperiences;creativepower 2.  anythingimagined;mentalimage;creationofthemind;fancy 3.  afoolishnotion;emptyfancy 4.  theabilitytounderstandandappreciateimaginativecreationsofothers,esp.worksofartandliterature 5.  resourcefulnessindealingwithneworunusualexperiences 6. Obsolete anevilplanorscheme Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordoriginMEymaginacioun