imagination
US /ˌɪˌmædʒəˈneɪʃən/
Definition
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The children used their imagination to turn the empty box into a spaceship.
Word Family
Synonyms
- creativitythe ability to create
- visiona vivid mental image
- inventivenessthe power of creative imagination
Collocations
- Easy vivid imaginationdescribing vivid imagination (evoking lifelike images within the mind)
- Medium capture public imagination with adsto capture public imagination with ads, meaning to succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
- Hard failure of regulatory imaginationdescribing failure of regulatory imagination (an act that fails)
- Very Hard by no stretch of imaginationthrough the means, agency, or authority of no stretch of imagination
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