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imagination

noun

imag·​i·​na·​tion i-ˌma-jə-ˈnā-shən How to pronounce imagination (audio)
1
: the act or power of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses or never before wholly perceived in reality
2
a
: creative ability
b
: ability to confront and deal with a problem : resourcefulness
use your imagination and get us out of here
c
: the thinking or active mind : interest
stories that fired the imagination
3
a
: a creation of the mind
especially : an idealized or poetic creation
b
: fanciful or empty assumption

Example Sentences

You can find a solution if you use a little imagination. The author does not tell us what happens to the characters. We have to use our imagination. He's a competent writer, but he lacks imagination. Is it just my imagination, or is it getting warm in here?
Recent Examples on the Web At least show some imagination and go for a heptagon next time. Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022 For 70 years, Walt Disney Imagineering has blended imagination with cutting-edge technology to create groundbreaking experiences. Jacob Siegal, BGR, 9 Sep. 2022 Every work of fantasy that came later, from the Harry Potter novels and Star Wars movies to games like Dungeons and Dragons, owes a great debt to Tolkien’s astonishing imagination and pays homage to it. John Garth, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2022 But the prospect of working with the gritty stuff of locomotives fired Leshchenko’s imagination. Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2022 But the star attraction — the painting that captured everyone’s imagination — was by Henri Regnault, a 26-year-old painter with an athletic build, a long, pointed beard and hair that coiled in tight, glossy waves. Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022 Here is scientific support for the idea that imagination can supercharge our sexuality: My research participants lighted up their brain’s pleasure centers by just thinking about genital stimulation, without any touch at all. Dr. Nan Wise, Glamour, 7 Sep. 2022 In a year when fabulous postpunks from the Smashing Pumpkins to Hole failed to capture the mass imagination, here come four 30-ish guys in bowling shirts with their fingers on the pulse of young America. Chris Norris, SPIN, 4 Sep. 2022 Throughout the film, there is more personal affection for Thorgerson’s brilliant imagination than for his apparent lifelong rudeness and brusqueness. Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English ymaginacioun, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French ymaginacion, borrowed from Latin imāginātiōn-, imāginātiō, from imāginārī "to imagine" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of imagination was in the 14th century

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