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Her imagination turned the box into a spaceship.
What does Imagination mean?
The power to create ideas in your mind.
Dictionary definition
The ability to form ideas, pictures, or possibilities in your mind.
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Reading stories can strengthen your imagination.
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Inventors often use imagination before building a real solution.
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What does imagination mean?
Imagination means the power to create ideas in your mind.
Practice 2
Which word is closest in meaning to imagination?
creativity is close in meaning to imagination in many contexts.
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Imagination
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ih · maj · uh · nay · shun · strongest beat: nay
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WordImagination.
Partnoun.
MeaningImagination means The power to create ideas in your mind.
ExampleExample: Her imagination turned the box into a spaceship.
Word breakdown
5 syllables. Say each part, then blend the word.
- Syllables
- ih · maj · uh · nay · shun
- Strongest beat
- nay
- Ending
- shun
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on nay.
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Synonyms
Words like Imagination
creativityUse for the ability to create new ideas.
inventivenessUse for skill in thinking of new possibilities.
Antonyms
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literalnessUse when thinking stays only with exact facts.
realismUse when focusing on what is practical or real.
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