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单词 imaginable
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Definition of imaginable in English:

imaginable

adjective ɪˈmadʒɪnəb(ə)lɪˈmædʒ(ə)nəb(ə)l
  • Possible to be thought of or believed.

    the most spectacular views imaginable
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I always make a beeline straight for the salad bar where I kid myself I am going to eat the most healthy meal imaginable.
    • We had four days away in Cornwall which was absolute bliss, helped by having the most gorgeous weather imaginable.
    • The bathrooms are large and handsome, and supplied with every imaginable accessory.
    • Contemporary German theater is no longer imaginable without its stage designers.
    • Here's to 2002 providing us with the greatest three days of sport imaginable.
    • No advance in civilisation may even be imaginable without some contact between cultures.
    • My eyes were opened to a simple truth: supermarkets are the most inconvenient shops imaginable.
    • Without an imaginable beauty, there would be no ideal in terms of which to strive for a more actually beautiful world.
    • They are putting in the longest imaginable hours and are really getting aid organised and out there.
    • Thus 12 hours after waking you will feel worse than you thought imaginable.
    • There are clubs devoted to every plant group imaginable, from cacti to clematis, roses to rhododendrons.
    • He came to California hardly knowing a soul and worked at every job imaginable from janitor to a roady in a car show.
    • In short, every imaginable variation of this situation exists in some universe or other.
    • In this case it was up to the personal preferences of one man with one of the most unenviable jobs imaginable.
    • And the greatest possible power can surely sustain the grandest imaginable promises.
    • Suddenly, it transforms into simply the most fabulously entertaining spectacle imaginable.
    • Shopping plazas have sprung up in every imaginable location of this sleepy town.
    • In fact, the producers seem to have gone out of their way to find the dullest young people imaginable.
    • It's got one of the most dauntingly bleak and unhappy endings imaginable.
    • But no, every one of the reluctant grooms went along with the tackiest ceremonies imaginable.
    Synonyms
    thinkable, conceivable, supposable, believable, credible, creditable, comprehensible
    possible, plausible, feasible, tenable, within the bounds/realms of possibility, under the sun
    rare cogitable

Derivatives

  • imaginably

  • adverb
    • But how would a distinctive quale even imaginably undergo such a shift?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Never mind that there was no scenario under which such quantities could imaginably be used, even as a backup supply.
      • This would create an even larger tournament and imaginably a more exciting atmosphere.
      • Only by falsely trivialising the seriousness of such a crime could Bishop imaginably have a case.
      • Their sound is as lo-fi as imaginably possible.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin imaginabilis, from Latin imaginare 'form an image of, represent', from imago, imagin- 'image'.

 
 

Definition of imaginable in US English:

imaginable

adjectiveɪˈmædʒ(ə)nəb(ə)liˈmaj(ə)nəb(ə)l
  • Possible to be thought of or believed.

    the most spectacular views imaginable
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Shopping plazas have sprung up in every imaginable location of this sleepy town.
    • It's got one of the most dauntingly bleak and unhappy endings imaginable.
    • Suddenly, it transforms into simply the most fabulously entertaining spectacle imaginable.
    • We had four days away in Cornwall which was absolute bliss, helped by having the most gorgeous weather imaginable.
    • The bathrooms are large and handsome, and supplied with every imaginable accessory.
    • There are clubs devoted to every plant group imaginable, from cacti to clematis, roses to rhododendrons.
    • In this case it was up to the personal preferences of one man with one of the most unenviable jobs imaginable.
    • But no, every one of the reluctant grooms went along with the tackiest ceremonies imaginable.
    • He came to California hardly knowing a soul and worked at every job imaginable from janitor to a roady in a car show.
    • Here's to 2002 providing us with the greatest three days of sport imaginable.
    • My eyes were opened to a simple truth: supermarkets are the most inconvenient shops imaginable.
    • No advance in civilisation may even be imaginable without some contact between cultures.
    • I always make a beeline straight for the salad bar where I kid myself I am going to eat the most healthy meal imaginable.
    • And the greatest possible power can surely sustain the grandest imaginable promises.
    • Thus 12 hours after waking you will feel worse than you thought imaginable.
    • In fact, the producers seem to have gone out of their way to find the dullest young people imaginable.
    • They are putting in the longest imaginable hours and are really getting aid organised and out there.
    • Without an imaginable beauty, there would be no ideal in terms of which to strive for a more actually beautiful world.
    • Contemporary German theater is no longer imaginable without its stage designers.
    • In short, every imaginable variation of this situation exists in some universe or other.
    Synonyms
    thinkable, conceivable, supposable, believable, credible, creditable, comprehensible

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin imaginabilis, from Latin imaginare ‘form an image of, represent’, from imago, imagin- ‘image’.

 
 
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