Words / B1

i-maj-i-NAYSHUN/ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn/

Imagination is the ability to form new ideas or pictures (often uncountable): use your imagination; a lack of imagination. Imaginary describes unreal things; imaginative describes creative people or work. Fantasy can be more dreamlike. Tasks: imagination, not a copied model answer.

Meaning

The ability to form new ideas or pictures in the mind (often uncountable).

Examples

• “The task rewards imagination, not a copied model answer.”
• “A lack of imagination showed in the identical introductions.”

Good to know

use / a lack of imagination (often uncountable). Adjectives: imaginary vs imaginative. Close: creativity. Exam writing, not copying.

Near in meaning

creativity

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