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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024im•ag•i•na•tive /ɪˈmædʒənətɪv, -əˌneɪtɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - of or relating to imagination:a very imaginative person.
showing the results of imagination:an imaginative advertising campaign. im•ag•i•na•tive•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024im•ag•i•na•tive (i maj′ə nə tiv, -nā′tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination:an imaginative tale.
- of, pertaining to, or concerned with imagination.
- given to imagining, as persons.
- having exceptional powers of imagination.
- lacking truth;
fanciful.
- Medieval Latin, as above
- Middle French
- Medieval Latin imāginātīvus imaginary, imaginative, equivalent. to Latin imāgināt(us) imagined (see imagination) + -īvus -ive; replacing Middle English imaginatif
- Middle English 1350–1400
i•mag′i•na•tive•ly, adv. i•mag′i•na•tive•ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged creative, inventive, clever, ingenious.
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