imagination

Definitions

1. The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.
   countable, uncountable
2. Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.
   countable, uncountable
3. The power of the mind to form images:fancy, fantasy, imaginativeness.
4. existing only in the mind or imagination; not real. Her illnesses are usually imaginary. denkbeeldig خَـيالي въображаем imaginário domnělý eingebildet indbildt φανταστικόςimaginario väljamõeldud خالی kuvitteellinen imaginaireדמיוני काल्पनिक izmišljen képzeletbeli khayalan ímyndaður immaginario 想像上の 상상의 įsivaizduojamas, išgalvotas iedomāts; šķietams khayalan denkbeeldiginnbilt, tenkt, fingert wymyślony تصورى، خيالى، غير واقعى imaginário imaginar мнимый zdanlivý namišljen zamišljen inbillad, im...
5. Creativity; resourcefulness.
   countable, uncountable
6. (negative unimaginative) having, or created with, imagination. an imaginative writer; This essay is interesting and imaginative. verbeeldingryk خَيالي، واسِع الخَيال въображаем imaginativo nápaditý, vynalézavý phantasievoll opfindsom; fantasifuld εφευρετικός, δημιουργικός, ευφάνταστος imaginativo suure kujutlusvõimega ابتکاری؛ تخیلی mielikuvituksellinen imaginatif בַּעַל דִמיוֹן कल्पनाशील maštovit nagy képzelőtehetségű penuh imajinasi hugmyndaríkur immaginativo, immaginoso 想像力にとんだ 상상에 의한 laki...
   negative
7. A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.
   countable, uncountable
8. imaginación.
9. The ability to form mental images of things that are not present to the senses or not considered to be real: The author uses her imagination to create a universe parallel to our own.
10. The ability to confront and deal with reality by using the creative power of the mind; resourcefulness: handled the problems with great imagination.
11. Attention, interest, or enthusiasm: an explorer's ordeal that caught the imagination of the public.
12. the faculty or action of producing ideas, esp mental images of what is not present or has not been experienced
13. mental creative ability
14. the ability to deal resourcefully with unexpected or unusual problems, circumstances, etc

Equivalents

57 more languages

Afrikaansverbeelding

العربيةالخيالتخيلتصورخيالصُورَة ذِهْنِيَّةمُخَيَّلَةوهم+ 4 more

Azərbaycan dilitəxəyyülxəyal

Българскивъображение

বাংলাকল্পনা

Bosanskiimaginacijamaštasanjaимагинацијамашта+ 2 more

Catalàimaginació

Češtinafantazieobraznostobrazotvornostpředstavivost+ 1 more

Danskfantasiindbildning

Ελληνικάφαντασίαφαντασίωση

Esperantoimago

Eestiettekujutus

Suomiimaginaatiokuvittelukuvittelukykymielikuvamielikuvitus+ 2 more

Gàidhligmac-meanmna

Galegoimaxinación

עבריתדמיון

हिन्दीकल्पनाख़यालतसव्वुरपरिकल्पनावहमविभावना+ 3 more

Hrvatskiimaginacijamaštasanjaимагинацијамашта+ 2 more

Magyarképzelet

Հայերեներևակայություն

Bahasa Indonesiaimajinasikhayalpembayangan

Íslenskaímyndunímyndunarafl

Italianoimmaginazione

日本語イマジネーション仮想想像想像力空想+ 2 more

ქართულიფანტაზიაწარმოდგენაწარმოსახვა

Қазақ тіліқиял

ភាសាខ្មែររូបាទ្យារម្មណ៍

한국어상상상상력

Kurdîfantasî

Latinafiguratioimaginatioopīniōphantasia+ 1 more

Lietuviųvaizduotė

Latviešuiztēle

Te Reo Māoripohewatanga

Македонскивообразбаимагинација

Bahasa Melayuimaginasi

မြန်မာစိတ်ကူးစိတ်ကူးဉာဏ်

Nederlandsfantasieverbeelding

Polskifantazjaimaginacjaurojeniewyobrażeniewyobraźnia+ 2 more

Portuguêsimaginação

Românăfantezieiluzionareimaginareimaginațieimagineînchipuire+ 3 more

Русскийвоображение

Slovenčinapredstavivosť

Slovenščinadomišljija

Shqipimagjinatë

Српскиimaginacijamaštasanjaимагинацијамашта+ 2 more

Svenskafantasiinbillning

Kiswahiliubunifu

தமிழ்கற்பனை

ไทยจินตนาการมโนมโนภาพ

Türkmençehyýal

Tagalogharayaimahinasyon

Türkçehayalhayal gücüimgeimgelemmuhayyiletahayyül+ 3 more

ئۇيغۇرچەخىيال

Українськауявауявлення

اردوتخیلتصورخیال

O'zbekchaxayol

Tiếng Việttrí tưởng tượng

Examples

“Imagination is one of the most advanced human faculties.”

“She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination.”

“You think⟳ someone's been following you? That's just your imagination.”

“His imagination makes him a valuable team member.”

“It is a pleasant imagination to conceive a spirit iustly ballanced betweene two equall desires.”

“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.”

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