imagination

The word “imagination” means the mental ability to form new ideas, images, or concepts not currently perceived by the senses. In plain terms, your mind's ability to picture things that aren't actually in front of you, or to invent new ideas.

“Imagination” is pronounced ih-mad-zhuh-NAY-shuhn (/ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/ in IPA).

Here is “imagination” used in a sentence: “Children often have a vivid imagination.”

“Imagination” is a noun.

The word “imagination” comes from Latin. From Old French imaginacion, from Latin imaginatio, built on the verb imaginari ("to picture to oneself").

“Imagination” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A2 level.

Imagination is the mental ability to form new ideas, images, or concepts not currently perceived by the senses. Creativity usually goes a step further, turning those imagined ideas into something real or useful. In short, imagination conceives while creativity produces.

Imagination is the broad mental power to picture things not present to the senses, and it can be applied to practical problems as well as fanciful ones. Fantasy tends to mean imagined scenes that are deliberately unrealistic or wishful. Fantasy is one product of the imagination.

Common collocations include 'vivid imagination', 'wild imagination', 'fertile imagination', and 'active imagination', all suggesting a strong ability to form fresh mental images. The phrase 'use your imagination' invites someone to picture possibilities for themselves.