imagination

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

noun the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
noun the ability to form mental images of things or events
noun the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems

From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō. Equivalent to imagine + -ation.

You're the man with imagination. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling
My imagination has given out. — Antony Gray,—Gardener, LM (Leslie Moore)
Emotion comes largely from the imagination. — De La Salle Fifth Reader, Christian Brothers

imaginativeness, vision

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