Meaning of Figment | Babel Free
ˈfɪɡ.məntDefinitions
- A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
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An item which has been crafted. obsolete
Equivalents
العربية
التلفيق
Bosanski
roman
Ελληνικά
αποκύημα
Suomi
kuvitelma
Français
chimère
déconnage
divagation
fantasmagorie
fiction
illusion
rêvasserie
rêve
roman
utopie
vaticination
vue de l'esprit
Hrvatski
roman
Kurdî
roman
Српски
roman
Examples
“a figment of one's imagination”
“He had not seen sarcomeres: these segments were a figment of his imagination.”
“Perhaps, dear reader, you are only a figment in the dream of some god, as Sherlock Holmes was a figment in the mind of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle”
“Jung's implication here is clearly that one should try to forget that this is only a figment or fantasy, merely make-believe—or perhaps that one should forget the “only,” the “merely”—and indeed take the fantasy seriously as a reality.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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