i|mag|i|na|tion

i|mag|i|na|tion: i|mag|i|na|tion «ih _MAJ uh NAY shuhn», noun.

1. the action of imagining; power of forming pictures in the mind of things not present to the senses. Imagination leads people to think they see, hear, or feel things that are not there. »The child's imagination filled the woods with strange animals and fairies.

2. the ability to create new things or ideas or to combine old ones in new forms: »Poets, artists, and inventors need imagination.

3. a creation of the mind; mental image; fancy.

4. Obsolete. a scheming or planning; plot: »Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me (Lamentations 3:60)

╂[< Old French imagination, learned borrowing from Latin imāginātiō, -ōnis < imāginārī imagine]

Synonym Study 1, 2 Imagination, fancy mean the power of forming pictures of things in the mind. Imagination applies to the ability to create believable or realistic pictures of things that never existed or happened: »His fascinating characters are the products of a fertile imagination.
Fancy applies to ability to make unbelievable or fantastic pictures, by inventing them or by putting together in unrealistic ways things from reality: »Many comic strips are products of fancy.

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i|mag|i|na|tion|al — «ih MAJ uh NAY shuh nuhl», adjective. of or having to do with imagination … Useful english dictionary
Mag´yar|i|za´tion — Mag|yar|ize «MAG yah ryz» transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to make Hungarian in habits, language, customs, or character. –Mag´yar|i|za´tion, noun … Useful english dictionary
mag|net|i|za|tion — «MAG nuh tuh zayshuhn», noun. 1. the act of magnetizing. 2. the state of being magnetized … Useful english dictionary
mag|ne|to|stric|tion — «mag NEE tuh STRIHK shuhn», noun. 1. a change in the dimensions of a ferromagnetic substance when subjected to an intense magnetic field (especially characteristic of nickel). 2. a change in the magnetic properties of a body subjected to… … Useful english dictionary
mag|ni|fi|ca|tion — «MAG nuh fuh KAY shuhn», noun. 1. the act of magnifying. 2. magnified condition. 3. the power to magnify. 4. a magnified copy, model, or picture … Useful english dictionary
Mag|yar|ize — «MAG yah ryz» transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to make Hungarian in habits, language, customs, or character. –Mag´yar|i|za´tion, noun … Useful english dictionary
tion — ab·bre·vi·a·tion; ab·di·ca·tion; ab·duc·tion; ab·er·ra·tion; ab·er·ra·tion·al; ab·jec·tion; ab·junc·tion; ab·ju·ra·tion; ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·la·tion; ab·lu·tion; ab·mi·gra·tion; ab·ne·ga·tion; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom;… … English syllables
mag — aero·mag·net·ic; an·ti·fer·ro·mag·net; an·ti·fer·ro·mag·net·ic; an·ti·fer·ro·mag·net·ism; an·ti·mag·ma·tist; an·ti·mag·net·ic; cag·mag; he·mag·glut·i·nate; he·mag·glu·ti·na·tion; he·mag·glu·ti·nin; hy·po·mag·ne·se·mia; mag·a·dis; mag·a·dize;… … English syllables
mag·ni·fi·ca·tion — /ˌmægnəfəˈkeıʃən/ noun, pl tions 1 [noncount] : the act of making something look larger than it is : the act of magnifying something magnification of an image 2 : the larger appearance of an object when it is seen through a microscope, telescope … Useful english dictionary
bi|o|mag|ni|fi|ca|tion — «BY oh MAG nuh fuh KAY shuhn», noun. the increase in the concentration of toxic chemicals with each new link in the food chain … Useful english dictionary

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