imagination

/ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən/

nouni · mag · i · na · tion

Picture a magician: **IMAG**ination starts with **IMAG**—your mind’s “image-maker” that creates new scenes.

Yes, it's imagination. Listen for the ending **-nation**: imagi + **nation** (not *-nashun* or *-nacion*).

Definitions

  1. nounthe ability to form pictures or ideas in your mind, especially of things that are not present or have not happened yet
  2. nouncreative thinking; the power to invent or come up with new ideas

Examples

  • Her imagination turned the old tree into a castle guarded by dragons.
  • Good writers use imagination to create characters that feel real.
  • With a little imagination, you can turn a cardboard box into a spaceship.

Synonyms

creativityinventivenessvisionfantasyoriginality

Antonyms

realityfact

Translations

ES imaginaciónPT imaginaçãoFR imagination

Common misspellings

imaginashunimajinationimaginationnimaginatonimaginacionimaginatianimaginattionimaginatoin

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