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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024im•ag•i•na•tion /ɪˌmædʒəˈneɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. - the action of forming or ability to imagine: [countable]Fairy tales help develop children's imaginations.[uncountable]has lots of imagination.
- creative talent, esp. the ability to take care of difficulties;
resourcefulness:[uncountable]a job that requires imagination. - the product of imagining;
a mental creation:[uncountable]In his imagination the old man was young and strong again.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024im•ag•i•na•tion (i maj′ə nā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the faculty of imagining, or of forming mental images or concepts of what is not actually present to the senses.
- the action or process of forming such images or concepts.
- the faculty of producing ideal creations consistent with reality, as in literature, as distinct from the power of creating illustrative or decorative imagery. Cf. fancy (def. 2).
- the product of imagining;
a conception or mental creation, often a baseless or fanciful one. - ability to face and resolve difficulties;
resourcefulness:a job that requires imagination. - Psychologythe 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.)
- (in Kantian epistemology) synthesis of data from the sensory manifold into objects by means of the categories.
- [Archaic.]a plan, scheme, or plot.
- Latin imāginātiōn- (stem of imāginātiō) fancy, equivalent. to imāgināt(us) past participle of imāginārī to imagine (imāgin-, stem of imāgō image + -ātus -ate1) + -iōn- -ion
- Middle English 1300–50
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See fancy.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ingenuity, enterprise, thought.
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