imagination
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,480 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,380 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses also: imaginativeness, vision popular imagination created a world of demonsimagination reveals what the world could be
- the ability to form mental images of things or events also: imaging, imagery, mental imagery he could still hear her in his imagination
- the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems also: resource, resourcefulness a man of resource
imagination in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Does he really squint like that, or is it just the artist's imagination?'
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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It was imagination, she told herself, simple imagination, yet the face was alive.
The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 · Various · Chapter 1
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By the aid of a lively and unscrupulous imagination, he gradually transmutes their experiences into his own.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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He hath showed strength with his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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She lived then in Montpellier Square; which helped me to see how dissociated her imagination was from her character.
Greville Fane · Henry James · Chapter 1