Definitions for imagination

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imagination im·ag·i·na·tion

Spelling: [ih-maj-uh-ney-shuh n]

IPA: /ɪˌmædʒ əˈneɪ ʃən/

Imagination is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 339 anagrams from letters in imagination (aagiiimnnot).

Definitions for imagination

noun

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 producing ideal creations consistent with reality, as in literature, as distinct from the power of creating illustrative or decorative imagery. Compare fancy (def 2).
4. the product of imagining; a conception or mental creation, often a baseless or fanciful one.
5. ability to face and resolve difficulties; resourcefulness:
6. Psychology. the power of reproducing images stored in the memory under the suggestion of associated images (reproductive imagination) or of recombining former experiences in the creation of new images directed at a specific goal or aiding in the solution of problems (creative imagination)
7. (in Kantian epistemology) synthesis of data from the sensory manifold into objects by means of the categories.
8. Archaic. a plan, scheme, or plot.

Origin of imagination

1300-50; Middle English Latin imāginātiōn- (stem of imāginātiō) fancy, equivalent to imāgināt(us) past participle of imāginārī to imagine (imāgin-, stem of imāgō <

Examples for imagination

Those who have imagination live in a land of enchantment which the eyes of others cannot see.

Does each character have one in real life that inspired it, or are they from your imagination?

This little nook is the perfect spot for some quiet reading time or to let your imagination run wild.

So after that initial inspiration, my imagination created the rest.

The miseries of Tasso arose not only from the imagination and the heart.

Moreover, I believe, dearest Eudora, that half your wrongs are in your own imagination.

Today, Turkey in the German imagination has mostly to do with immigration, assimilation, and EU membership.

Hitherto he had heard their voices in the dimness of imagination.

She found instead a show of imagination, artistry, and above all, really happy people—and she quickly fell in love.

They are barren, till the imagination has tenanted them with possibilities of danger and dismay.